-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ NNSquad ] FBI Wants Backdoors in Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 11:51:47 -0700 From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> To: nnsquad@nnsquad.org FBI Wants Backdoors in Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging http://j.mp/KAfboW (CNET) "CNET learns the FBI is quietly pushing its plan to force surveillance backdoors on social networks, VoIP, and Web e-mail providers, and is asking Internet companies not to oppose a law making those backdoors mandatory." - - - This is not new. It also continues to be (a) utterly unacceptable, and (b) ultimately useless --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad