Insecure by design
Insecure by design | Free Software Magazine: “CALEA (Computer Assistance Law Enforcement) is quietly in the background of current news again, because the FBI is pushing congress to mandate that all future routing equipment manufactured will include back doors for law enforcement. Like in CALEA mandates for telephone switching equipment, such back doors require no warrant to activate, and hence can be secretly enabled at will.”
More on the digital rights front. These things are moving so fast, it is impossible for consumers to vote with their dollar before it’s too late. And the politicians defending us have their heads stuck so far up their asses after 9/11 it’s no surprise this is happening.
The FBI wants to put a backdoor in every router produced in the USA so that they can eavesdrop on traffic sent through that piece of hardware anytime, similarly to how they can with the current phone system.
The FBI can’t even keep their own network secure, let alone yours. Why would they think we’d like them put a backdoor in our routers?
It’s a good time to be tech savvy, because this sort of thing will be easier to comprimise. Unfortunately, those of us who defend our right to privacy will be labelled criminals/hackers.
Some of my favorite comments on digg:
by rewritable