On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:38:44 +0200 Stefan Kelm <sk...@bfk.de> wrote: > Perry, > > > The administration wants to add just four words -- "electronic > > communication transactional records" -- to a list of items that > > the law says the FBI may demand without a judge's approval. > > Government > > Would that really make that much of a difference? In Germany, > at least, the so-called "judge's approval" often isn't worth > a penny, esp. wrt. phone surveillance. It simply is way too > easy to get such an approval, even afterwards.
It is significantly harder here in the US. Equally importantly, it is much simpler to determine what warrants were issued after the fact. However, lets say you were right and there was no significant impediment. It would be disturbing to see even the small protections currently afforded removed without any apparent benefit to the removal. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger pe...@piermont.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majord...@metzdowd.com
