More spying to match more broadband in Obama internet plan
The Obama Internet policy is taking a bit of a different turn besides calling for increased internet connection accessibility. Currently, the Obama administration and law enforcement and security agencies are pushing for new regulations of the Internet and the telecommunications industry. If these new laws pass, it will grant the government greater access for surveillance purposes. Washington already has accessibility to a broad array of communications for monitoring purposes, and this will expand that access. Source for this article - Obama Internet policy expands to include greater surveillance by Personal Money Store.
Obama web restrictions
A bill will propose more access for wiretap and monitoring purposes for intelligence and law enforcement officials, according to the New York Times. The White House is on board, and the Obama Internet surveillance bill will likely go to Congress next year. A good deal of communications is already mandated to allow federal access for monitoring purposes. The list will simply get bigger. The reason is that some communications, especially those on the Internet, are encrypted and private.
Law is against boutique developers
The disadvantage to polices of this sort is that little independent shops have to work double time to keep up with mandates, whereas an already large business can easily comply. Recent bans of the Blackberry as a result of way Research In Motion intended it occurred, over exactly this type of issue. The machine keeps emails and other messages encrypted and private, off limits even to the business itself. RIM is working double time to comply with surveillance needs of governments. Other corporations, such as Skype and other voice over web protocol or VOIP corporations may have to re-engineer their products to keep up as well. Law enforcement and intelligence services do rely on monitored communication to catch criminals, and as a result of the decreased accessibility, have seen their capabilities "going dark" to do their jobs.
All listening ears
There have been many laws passed giving federal the ability to look or listen in. Few methods of communication, except maybe sign language, are exempt. There was a good deal of controversy over the Bush domestic spying program. Obama has not dealt with fears of subversion of civil liberties. The government maintains that its requests for access aren't unreasonable, nor unprecedented. Powers of this sort can be used for good, however are effortlessly misused.
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NY Times
nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us/27wiretap.html?pagewanted=1