On Thu, 24 May 2007 09:01:26 +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian said:
On 5/24/07, Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> wrote:
The more I think about this, the more I think a refereed boxing^h^h^h^h^h^hpanel discussion between representatives from DHS, FBI, EFF, FCC, Verisign, Neustar, and ITU might be a good approach to this.
Humor me.. but just where does ITU come into this whole mess?
The ITU itself is likely irrelevant. However, those who run ISPs across either the left or right puddle are likely to be hit with CALEA-like issues within the next few years, when their countries adopt similar laws. And those who think the EU's stand on privacy of data will prevent a CALEA should consider the sorts of data-retention proposals that are getting floated over there. Yes - the laws themselves are politics. Being able to install compliant routers without breaking the budget is totally operational... ;)