ACLU, EPIC Sue to Block Taps

The New York Times has a story on the ACLU and EPIC filing suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals to block the wiretapping provisions in CALEA. Go get 'em.

Awful.

[technos]

This says something really sick about the /. user population. As soon as the YRO stories are removed from the 'front page' spotlight, the are seen nevermore. This topic was posted quite a few minutes ago, and yet I am the first post.

Our rights should be one of our first and foremost worries, especially with the existant technology that makes it very easy for your rights to be trampled on without you ever knowing, and this damn knee-jerk Congress that I honestly think would like a police state.

Those who would give their rights for comfort deserve neither.

Damn it..

[technos]

The post is now five and 1/2 hours old. Why, when these are on the 'front page' do they garner endless discussion, but yet die otherwise? Are we all too apathetic to click the YRO box in /box prefs? Perhaps splitting the topic off was premature and/or ill advised..

Re:Damn it..

[Chalst]

Well, I rather missed the fact that it *had* been split off. I only found out about this option an hour ago...

Perhaps there are just the two of us on this thread, so my comments will not have much more audience than a plain email, but I wanted to say that I think the FBI is painting an essentially false picture about the siutation that faces law enforcement. The striking thing about modern technology is the opportunity it offers the surveillance agent, and the destruction of privacy. The destruction of privacy is more reminiscent of 1984 than the picture painted by the FBI.

One More Link

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I just thought I'd throw out one more link that wasn't mentioned in the post: Here [aclu.org] is the ACLU's press release about the issue.

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