And so the Bill of Rights is screwed.

[Linkerator]

http://thewarp.org/blog/index.cfm/2007/5/1...he-Internet-Day

"May 14th is the official deadline for cable modem companies, DSL providers, broadband over powerline, satellite internet companies and some universities to finish wiring up their networks with FBI-friendly surveillance gear, to comply with the FCC's expanded interpretation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.

Congress passed CALEA in 1994 to help FBI eavesdroppers deal with digital telecom technology. The law required phone companies to make their networks easier to wiretap. The results: on mobile phone networks, where CALEA tech has 100% penetration, it's credited with boosting the number of court-approved wiretaps a carrier can handle simultaneously, and greatly shortening the time it takes to get a wiretap going. Cops can now start listening in less than a day. "

With warrant-less wiretaps and all of this going on, it seems like the following always slips through the cracks.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

So now I use Tor, an anonymous network.

 

[KatzMotel]

Welcome to the post-September 11th world. You have to hand it to them, they sure know how to make the most out of a couple of buildings falling down.

I bet Erich Mielke would be impressed with how extensively the governments try to eavesdrop on us these days.

 

[YogurtBandit]

Probably for all the Terrorist forums.

 

[Kyle]

... STUPIDS! Now if all of New York City exploded, ok, thats do so, or a district, do so, but... 3? The WTC and the Pentagon? Lil' extreme.