CALEA

Now that Bill Moyers has done an hour-long program about net neutrality, he should look into CALEA.  DOJ is circulating on the Hill a draft rewrite of CALEA extending it to the internet (and to applications that run on the internet), and it's full of enormous problems. (Earlier entry on this here.)

Among many other problems, law enforcement officials want designers to ask permission before launching.  They want to make sure that innovators notify the Commission of their new applications at the design stage.  This way they'll get the modifications law enforcement wants at an early point, and innovators will avoid retrofitting later. Sounds great, right?  No, it's not.  Extending CALEA to online applications is a huge and destructive step, as I've often said in the past.

This is relevant now because it's likely that the CALEA rewrite will come up for discussion during the lame duck session following the upcoming election.  Go, mainstream media — take a look at this story.

October 21, 2006 | Filed Under main page 

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One Response to “CALEA”

  1. Anonymous on October 21st, 2006 9:06 am

    Good grief - this just can't - can't - be true. (clicks ruby-red heels together)

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