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Skriven 2006-07-10 17:20:34 av Mark (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 12043 av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: FBI plans new Net-tapping push
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From: "Mark" <nomail@hotmail.com>

Yeah. While I don't like the risk (small as it is) that the Dems take control
of either house, I never much cared for Dewine either.

"Gary Britt" <glb@gencog.com> wrote in message news:44b2abae@w3.nls.net...
> He won't be all that missed.
>
> Gary
>
> "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:44b28086@w3.nls.net...
>> Dewine may not be around much longer
>>
>> http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/local/states/ohio/counties/summit
_county/14884162.htm
>> In the race for U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown, D-Avon, has a
>> commanding lead over incumbent Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, in a newly
>> released Zogby/Wall Street Journal online poll.
>>
>> The poll shows Brown ahead 46.7 percent to DeWine's 34 percent with a
>> margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percent.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Gary Britt" <glb@gencog.com> wrote in message
>> news:44b275ee$1@w3.nls.net...
>>> Is this the same idiot Mike Dewiner that sat crying on the judiciary
>>> committee over the nomination of a very solid and demonstrably capable
>>> UN Ambassador Bolton.  No tears for privacy?
>>>
>>> I don't mind wire tapping abilities like the phone companies already
>>> provide, but I draw the line at a listening device built into my
>>> personal phone located inside my home.  I have similar feelings about
>>> tapping internet traffic.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:44b23fc8$1@w3.nls.net...
>>>>
>>>> http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6091942.html?part=rss&tag=6091942&subj=new
s
>>>>
>>>> The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet
>>>> service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance
>>>> and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for
>>>> eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned.
>>>>
>>>> FBI Agent Barry Smith distributed the proposal at a private meeting
>>>> last Friday with industry representatives and indicated it would be
>>>> introduced by Sen. Mike DeWine, an Ohio Republican, according to two
>>>> sources familiar with the meeting.
>>>>
>>>> The 27-page proposed CALEA amendments seen by CNET News.com would:
>>>>
>>>> . Require any manufacturer of "routing" and "addressing" hardware to
>>>> offer upgrades or other "modifications" that are needed to support
>>>> Internet wiretapping. Current law does require that of telephone switch
>>>> manufacturers--but not makers of routers and network address
>>>> translation hardware like Cisco Systems and 2Wire.
>>>>
>>>> . Authorize the expansion of wiretapping requirements to "commercial"
>>>> Internet services including instant messaging if the FCC deems it to be
>>>> in the "public interest." That would likely sweep in services such as
>>>> in-game chats offered by Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming system as well.
>>>>
>>>> . Force Internet service providers to sift through their customers'
>>>> communications to identify, for instance, only VoIP calls. (The
>>>> language requires companies to adhere to "processing or filtering
>>>> methods or procedures applied by a law enforcement agency.") That means
>>>> police could simply ask broadband providers like AT&T, Comcast or
>>>> Verizon for wiretap info--instead of having to figure out what VoIP
>>>> service was being used.
>>>>
>>>> . Eliminate the current legal requirement saying the Justice Department
>>>> must publish a public "notice of the actual number of communications
>>>> interceptions" every year. That notice currently also must disclose the
>>>> "maximum capacity" required to accommodate all of the legally
>>>> authorized taps that government agencies will "conduct and use
>>>> simultaneously."
>>>>
>>>> Jim Harper, a policy analyst at the free-market Cato Institute and
>>>> member of a Homeland Security advisory board, said the proposal would
>>>> "have a negative impact on Internet users' privacy."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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