FBI Considers CALEA II: Mandatory Wiretapping On Every Device 318
Techmeology writes "In response to declining utility of CALEA mandated wiretapping backdoors due to more widespread use of cryptography, the FBI is considering a revamped version that would mandate wiretapping facilities in end users' computers and software. Critics have argued that this would be bad for security (PDF), as such systems must be more complex and thus harder to secure. CALEA has also enabled criminals to wiretap conversations by hacking the infrastructure used by the authorities. I wonder how this could ever be implemented in FOSS."
Re:Time to clean house... (Score:5, Funny)
I suggest merging & optimizing the letters used for agencies. All those agencies could be covered with just the letters A.S.S.H.A.T.S.
terrorists, drug dealers, pedophiles.. (Score:4, Funny)
you mean the CIA and the Catholic Church?
Re:Time to clean house... (Score:5, Funny)
American Security State/Homeland Anti-Terrorists System?
Re:Sheesh (Score:3, Funny)
And incidentally democracy dies definitively once and for all.
There are plenty of democracies in the world. I doubt a bunch of power-hungry lunatics can destroy a system that has been tried repeatedly for more than 2000 years.
Re:Time to clean house... (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds good to me. And make sure they wear bright red uniforms so their easy to spot. *ducks
*they're
-A.S.S.H.A.T.S. SPELLING & GRAMMAR DIVISION