Vanguard wrote:
> "sally" <@int.net> wrote in message news:PGu6g.315$1R4.154@fe06.lga...
> <snip>
>> 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.
>
> <snip>
>
> 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.
>
Anomious browsers, proxies,encryption etc don't mean a thing.
The Appliance is at every outgoing server and intercepted before it goes
anywhere. They have all the encryption keys. No one can sell a program,
os, or whatever without their input and approval.
Welcome to the Police State where everyone is a potential threat and
unmonitored speech is prohibited.