Okay everyone, the *final draft* has been posted online, with the gracious collaboration of the EFF. Please take a look at it, make sure you want to keep your signature there (or add it!)
http://www.skypeopenletter.com/draft/ We'll be publishing next week. NK On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Grégoire Pouget <[email protected]> wrote: > We'd like to see the final / rewritten version of the letter first but > Reporters > Without Borders <http://rsf.org> would be happy to sign it. > > Best, > > > Le 17/01/2013 08:01, Nadim Kobeissi a écrit : > > Thanks for your expert advice, Chris. We're currently in the process of > reworking the letter with assistance from the EFF and we'll take what you > said into consideration. > > > NK > > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Christopher Soghoian > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> You may want to consider rewriting your law enforcement/government >> surveillance section: >> >> As a result of the service being acquired by Microsoft in 2011, it may >> now be required to comply with CALEA due to the company being headquartered >> in Redmond, Washington. Furthermore, as a US-based communication provider, >> Skype would therefore be required to comply with the secretive practice of >> National Security Letters. >> >> >> You don't articulate why being subject to CALEA is bad. Are the people >> signing the letter arguing that law enforcement should never have access to >> real-time intercepts of skype voice/video communications? If so, say that, >> and why. If not, CALEA merely mandates access capabilities, it doesn't >> specify under what situations the government can perform an interception, >> >> Also, if you want to raise the issue of secretive surveillance >> practices, NSLs wouldn't be at the top of my list (yes, they don't require >> a judge, but they can at best be used to obtain communications metadata). I >> would instead focus your criticism of the fact that US surveillance law >> does not sufficiently protect communications between two non-US persons, >> and in particular, the government can intercept such communications without >> even having to demonstrate probable cause to a judge. Specifically, non-US >> persons have a real reason to fear FISA Amendments Act of 2008 section 702 >> >> Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ("FAA"), codified as 50 >> U.S.C. 1181a, which allows the Attorney General and the Director of >> National Intelligence ("DNI") to authorize jointly the targeting of >> non-United States persons for the purposes of gathering intelligence for a >> period of up to one year. 50 U.S.C. 1881a(1). Section 702 contains >> restrictions, including the requirement that the surveillance "may not >> intentionally target any person known at the time of acquisition to be >> located in the United States." 50 U.S.C. § 1881a(b)(1). The Attorney >> General and DNI must submit to the FISC an application for an order ("mass >> acquisition order") for the surveillance either before their joint >> authorization or within seven days thereof. The FAA sets out a procedure by >> which the Attorney General and DNI must obtain certification from FISC for >> their program, which includes an assurance that the surveillance is >> designed to limit surveillance to persons located outside of the United >> States. However, the FAA does not require the government to identify >> targets of surveillance, and the FISC does not consider individualized >> probable cause determinations or supervise the program. >> (from: http://epic.org/amicus/fisa/clapper/) >> >> >> While I am happy to provide feedback, I'm in no way authorized to sign >> on to this letter on behalf of the ACLU. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Privacy Advocates and Internet Freedom Activists, >>> >>> I call on you to review the following draft for our Open Letter to >>> Skype and present your name or the name of your organization as signatories: >>> >>> http://www.skypeopenletter.com/draft/ >>> >>> The letter will be released soon. Feedback is also welcome. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> NK >>> >>> -- >>> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >>> >> >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> > > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > -- > Grégoire Pouget, > New Media Desk // Bureau Nouveaux Médias > Reporters Without Borders // Reporters sans frontières > @fightcensors_en @fightcensors_fr > GPG ID : 2BBC1ECE > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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