"sally" <@int.net> wrote in message news:PGu6g.315$1R4.154@fe06.lga...
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> update WASHINGTON--Broadband providers and Internet phone companies
> will have to pick up the tab for the cost of building in mandatory
> wiretap access for police surveillance, federal regulators ruled
> Wednesday.

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So how is logging, tapping, or otherwise retrieving the traffic from an
SSL connection going to help the police? It's encrypted. Seems the
gov't is so far behind technology. Sites that will want to keep their
conversations secret will start using SSL. Or users that are concerned
about their traffic being monitored at their ISP will start using
anonymizing proxies that provide SSL connects. More users may finally
get pushed off their butts to start using certs to encrypt their
e-mails. Users will just end up securing their communications to thwart
the spying.

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