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War of words rages over Internet taps
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-04-14

The public comment period on a Justice Department proposal to make the Internet easier to wiretap ended Monday with most of the filed comments tracing a clean line between two opposing camps: on the government's side, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies who perform wiretaps, allied with companies who sell surveillance equipment and services; on the other, Internet companies who would be forced by the plan to make changes to their networks, along with advocacy groups concerned about slowed innovation and an incursion on Internet privacy.

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we're monitored... so what? 2004-04-15
Anonymous (3 replies)
we're monitored... so what? 2004-04-16
Anonymous (2 replies)
we're monitored... so what? 2004-04-16
Real life (3 replies)
And when terrorists strike your beloved free country and kill thousands of your countryment, perhaps your sister, your mother and father, your wife...

You'll be screaming to your police, your government "Why didn't you do something? Why didn't you stop them? Why didn't you KNOW they were going to strike here?"

Reality check. This is real life, not kindergarten. There are bad people out there, and if we want to live in a safe world someone has to catch them before they hit us first... whether it's a terrorist, a serial killer, a car thief, a drug ring, whatever.

The internet needs to be free... as in, I am free to say whatever I like about life, my neighbor, my government, etc, just like we're doing here. It also needs to be policed, to ensure it doesnt' become a world-wide private line for those who would take advantage of that freedom to abuse the rest of us.

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we're monitored... so what? 2004-04-16
shots (1 replies)
we're monitored... so what? 2004-04-17
Anonymous
we're monitored... so what? 2004-04-17
Anonymous
we're monitored... so what? 2004-04-18
Real Life? (1 replies)
Grow up. 2004-04-19
Anonymous (1 replies)
Grow up. 2004-04-20
Coldman (1 replies)
some basic reading skills required here 2004-04-20
Anonymous (1 replies)
RE: we're monitored... so what? 2004-04-16
Anonymous (1 replies)
RE: we're monitored... so what? 2004-04-16
Big brother
Re: we're monitored... so what? 2005-06-24
Anonymous
War of words rages over Internet taps 2004-04-15
Anonymous (2 replies)
Vulgarity 2004-04-17
Anonymous
War of words rages over Internet taps 2004-04-18
Anonymous (1 replies)
The beginning of the end 2004-04-19
m0rtalis
War of words rages over Internet taps 2004-04-19
Winston Smith er.. I mean William Ballum (1 replies)
Set u up.... 2004-04-21
Anonymous
President 2004-04-21
m0rtalis







 

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