[Moderator's note: there are messages still in the queue that will go out later today, but I felt this had to go out ASAP --Perry]
From the New York Times, word that the Obama administration wants to compel access to encrypted communications. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us/27wiretap.html Excerpt: U.S. Wants to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet By CHARLIE SAVAGE Published: September 27, 2010 WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone. Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications — including encrypted e-mail transmitters like BlackBerry, social networking Web sites like Facebook and software that allows direct “peer to peer” messaging like Skype — to be technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order. The mandate would include being able to intercept and unscramble encrypted messages. -- Perry E. Metzger [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [email protected]
