Feds Want A Wiretap Backdoor In All Net Hardware and Software

this will be good for freedom!

Feds Want A Wiretap Backdoor In All Net Hardware and Software
Networking Pipeline | January 31 2006

[align=left]Thinks the federal government is too intrusive? You ain't seen nothing yet. An FCC mandate will require that all hardware and software have a wiretap backdoor that allows the government to tap into all your communications.[/align]


The mandate expands the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), and requires that every piece of hardware and software sold include the backdoor.

The rule isn't yet final, but once it is, all vendors will have 18 months to comply. And in fact, says Brad Templeton, chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), some router makers already include such a backdoor. So your hardware may be vulnerable.

There are several problems with this rule. First is the obvious massive intrusion into all of our privacy. Second, says Templeton, is the way that the rule will stifle innovation. According to the Washington Post, he claims that the rule will "require that people get permission to innovate" would create "regulatory barriers to entry." He adds "The FBI gets veto on new companies."

The final problem is that if all hardware and software has a backdoor, it's an open invitation to hackers. So we may be faced with a double-whammy: The feds and hackers working their way into our systems.

The EFF, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), the COMPTEL association of communications service providers, and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a brief last week with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to try and stop the FCC. Here's hoping they win.

All software and hardware has had a backdoor of some kind for a long time and the feds have always had access to it if they wanted since they can get a warrant for anything anytime. That's why if Bush really did authorize wiretaps of american citizens ( and it would appear that he did) he should be prosecuted (but he won't be) for his actions since there is really no excuse for not getting a warrant. Think about it folks, if Osama or his lackeys were making calls back to the states and the NSA found out, (which it appears they were and they did) do you really think a federal judge would deny them a warrant and do you really think they couldn't get one at a moments notice? And even if a judge did deny a warrant there are plenty of other federal judges available to choose from.

okay, im running away to my uncle's Tiki lounge, and im never poking my head out into civilization ever again, good riuddance fuckers!!!

Well I thought they could do that anyway so they just want people to know now that they are doing it rather than doing it behind there backs and getting caught.:confused: :smokin:

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Originally Posted by Stoner Shadow Wolf

okay, im running away to my uncle's Tiki lounge, and im never poking my head out into civilization ever again, good riuddance fuckers!!!

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amen to that:thumbsup: !