FBI Wants More Authority to Spy Live on Gmail, Skype, Dropbox and Cloud

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Specifically, law enforcement wants Congress to amend a 1994 surveillance law called the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). At present, CALEA allows the government to force Internet providers and phone companies to have surveillance equipment on their networks, but the law does not cover email, cloud services, or online chat providers like Skype. Although the FBI can use a “Title III Order” under the Wiretap Act to ask such providers to conduct surveillance, the FBI wants to be able to force them to do it—without a warrant signed by a judge.

FBI Wants More Authority to Spy Live on Gmail, Skype, Dropbox and Cloud - | Intellihub.com



Yet another step down the road...

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Specifically, law enforcement wants Congress to amend a 1994 surveillance law called the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). At present, CALEA allows the government to force Internet providers and phone companies to have surveillance equipment on their networks, but the law does not cover email, cloud services, or online chat providers like Skype. Although the FBI can use a “Title III Order” under the Wiretap Act to ask such providers to conduct surveillance, the FBI wants to be able to force them to do it—without a warrant signed by a judge.

FBI Wants More Authority to Spy Live on Gmail, Skype, Dropbox and Cloud - | Intellihub.com



Yet another step down the road...

Which of course translates into .....we've been doing it for years and finally got caught.