Thread: Obama Looking to Ease Internet Wiretap Laws

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369735,00.asp

The Obama administration is reportedly prepping new Internet regulations that would allow online service providers to comply with wiretap orders.
These new regulations could include sites like Facebook, mobile providers like Research in Motion, and software like Skype "to be technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order," according to a report in The New York Times. "The mandate would include being able to intercept and unscramble encrypted messages."

The Times identified the likely requirements:

• Communications services that encrypt messages must have a way to unscramble them.
• Foreign-based providers that do business inside the United States must install a domestic office capable of performing intercepts.
• Developers of software that enables peer-to-peer communication must redesign their service to allow interception.

SAH WEET!! Wiretapped Ventrillo, Skype, Steam and TeamSpeak!

Hmmmm.....and people get made at bush for the freedom act?

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

Yes, and I'm mad at this.

this.

the democrats are just the lesser of two evils.

I don't see this as a bad choice for either party; it's just a bad choice in general.