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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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RE: we're monitored... so what? 2004-04-16
Big brother
> It's like having the local police say "Hey, lock your doors, just don't mind that we've got skeleton keys to everything. You'll be *reasonably* safe."

No, it's worse-- it's as if they could come to your door with a piece of paper and tell you that you have to open it! Oh wait, they can alrea...

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