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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? 2004-04-17
Anonymous
>those who give up freedom for security deserve neither

A quote which I've heard a thousand times, and which took you zero thought to post here. So by that comment you mean what, we should have 100% freedom? Kiss your safety, your worldly possessions, and eventually your own ... goodbye.

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