[NEWS] FBI To Require ISPs To Reconfigure E-mail Systems (fwd)

Wed Oct 17 20:58:19 UTC 2001

On 01:40 PM 10/17/2001 -0700, Larry Diffey wrote:
 >
 >Let's consider the ramifications of this:
 >
 >The FBI steps up the monitoring of law abiding citizens and great expense to
 >private industry.
 >
 >Criminals, terrorists and other evildoers think about and say,
 >"Hmmm......since the FBI might monitor the email that passes through our
 >ISP, let's set up our own mail servers outside of our ISP and communicate
 >directly over VPN's and encrypted P2P networks.  Yeah that should work.  Or
 >gosh, let's use off shore email serves set up by our own criminal networks
 >posing as legitimate businesses.  Or let's set up an little ISP and have
 >some out of band email servers who's traffic can't be spied on."
 >
 >"Those who would trade freedom for security will wind up with neither." I
 >forget who said it and I don't feel like looking it up.

"Those who are willing to trade freedom for security deserve neither 
freedom nor security."
--- Benjamin Franklin

Who was, ironically, the first US Postmaster General.  I'm sure he's 
rolling over in his grave.