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[ PRIVACY Forum ] FBI wants real-time access to ... well ... pretty
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FBI wants real-time access to ... well ... pretty much everything
"FBI Pursuing Real-Time Gmail Spying Powers as 'Top Priority' for 2013"
http://j.mp/11Kqi9d (Slate)
"Despite the pervasiveness of law enforcement surveillance of
digital communication, the FBI still has a difficult time
monitoring Gmail, Google Voice, and Dropbox in real time. But
that may change soon, because the bureau says it has made gaining
more powers to wiretap all forms of Internet conversation and
cloud storage a "top priority" this year."
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Actually, what they want is real-time access to pretty much everything
from everyone. If they could force hardware manufacturers to install
keyloggers, screengrabbers, and audio/video siphons into every piece
of telecom gear manufactured, they would. And at some point, they'll
probably try. Could they catch more bad guys that way? Yeah. But
they also could solve more crimes by installing government cameras and
microphones in everyone's homes and businesses. At some point -- like
now -- we simply have to say that civil liberties trump.
--Lauren--
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