Federal Law enforcement agencies are trying to pass new regulations that will let them have the ability to essentially intercept all communications in the internet. Not only that, they want this wire tap capability to be implemented by all companies that give a communication service through the internet (Skype, Aim, etc.) Since some of those communications use encryption, the U.S. government wants to have decrypting capabilities in between communications implemented to that they can easily intercept the data.
One of the key things with this though is not only is it the obvious infringing on our privacy and rights. But it creates huge backdoors and security holes for hackers to take advantage of. A hacker can use those interception and decryption implementations and cause havoc on the internet. This regulation, if passed is kind of like the ACTA where they can seize your stuff with speculation of owning copyrighted materials. Also they can search you on the basis of just speculation.
Read the full article on New York Times here.
What do you guys think about this?
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