IP: more on ACLU, EPIC,EFF Digital Wiretapping Brief

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Reply-To: "Ted Kircher" <tkircher () earthlink net>
> From: "Ted Kircher" <tkircher () earthlink net>
> To: "Dave Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Cc: "Barry Steinhardt" <Barrys () aclu org>
>
>
> Dave, I agree w/ Barry, not only because of the civil liberties of
> Americans, but because wiretapping will become unenforceable since:
>
> 1. People, and businesses in particular, live in a global society /
> marketplace where the laws of any country will be increasingly
> meaningless.
>
> 2. Encrypting will become the norm for almost all on-line communications due
> to the IT advances, hence making wiretapping so difficult it will become
> unfeasible.
>
> I recommend that we ask government officials, starting at the federal level,
> to conduct their business affairs like the best run '.com' companies, i.e.
> to fully exploit on-line communciations rather than have our taxes pay for
> their weekly jaunts between their home district and capital office. That
> would not lower taxes, but change their perspective on this issue - and many
> others as well regarding living in the information age.
>
> Ted Kircher
> Information Age Consulting