On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Jim Hatridge wrote:
->
->FBI Asks for Legislation to Monitor Entire Internet. Microsoft Agrees to
->Modify Operating Systems to Comply, In Exchange for an End to All Litigation.
->
->NEW YORK /DenounceNewswire/ -- 18 July 1998 -- The Federal Bureau of
->Investigation (FBI) has asked a Senate committee to add language to a Justice
->Department appropriations bill to require a number of high-tech companies,
->including Microsoft Corporation, to provide law enforcement personnel with
->real-time access to the data that flows into and out of personal computers
->connected to the Internet. Microsoft announced that it would fully support the
->bill, including the FBI provisions, in exchange for a permanent end to the
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*** No, ofcourse it's not a joke: It's true! Like you can solve any
configuration problem in Linux by waving a chicken leg at it.
Zoki.
Mailed with Linux and Pine.
