On Fri, 5 May 2006 04:59:12 -0500, "Vanguard"
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|>"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.

And whatever can be encrypted can be decrypted. Who has the
better gear, you or the LEO's.

|> 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.

Yep, and all any of the above will do is attract attention, such
as smearing mud on your car license plate so it cannot be read.
:-)

Or wearing a Halloween mask when you visit your local bank. :-)

Do any of you really think that using cyphers or codes these days
will do anything except attract extreme attention from the law
enforcement authorities?

Sure, there may be a mere desire for privacy between a couple of
teenagers...but on the other hand it could be a plan for a
terrorist attack.

The same applies to hackers and crackers. Sure, it may be "fun"
or a "challenge" to hack into a government or military computer
system.

It can also be a challenge to withstand the pressure of whatever
facility you are imprisoned in.

Do try to get "real", people! There are some very real
terrorist risks, and encyphered or encoded correspondence is
going to attract a lot of attention these days.

I would suggest that you learn to live with it and not play silly
games on the net.

Consider that the government could close the whole thing down, if
they wanted to, just as the amateur radio service was closed down
in WW2.

Comments, anyone?
Cheers,