I apologize, my note (appended below) was intended for another list which was also discussing this article. I hope no one was seriously injured. -Barry Shein The World | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Login: Nationwide Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo* On July 10, 2006 at 13:54 bzs@WORLD.STD.COM (Barry Shein) wrote:
On July 8, 2006 at 03:04 fergdawg@netzero.net (Fergie) wrote:
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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.
I say: Double-plus ungood!
I guess they can mandate whatever in hell they want in the name of catching bad guys, anything.
It should remind us why those "obnoxious" folks from the ACLU et al really need to have a more balanced influence.
-b
P.S. In a somewhat unrelated but amusing chapter from the "Clear Thinking in Jurisprudence" dept:
The NY State Supreme Court last week tossed gay marriage as being compelled by the state's constitution.
One of the reasonings shot down was the assertion that there is any problem with discrimination because the result forbids both straights and gays from marrying same-sex, thus the result is non-discriminatory.
I'll admit there may be arguments to be made on both sides but...WHEW!