FBI wants more control of the web
Robert Müller, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, traveled to Silicon Valley on Tuesday to meet with the management of a number of technology companies with a proposal to facilitate surveillance of Internet users.
Müller and FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni were to meet with top executives of several large companies, including Google and Facebook, according to several knowledgeable sources. How was the proposal Muller - is unknown.
“I can confirm that FBI Director Robert Muller visited Facebook during his trip to Silicon Valley,” said Facebook representative Andrew Noyes. FBI spokesman Michael Cortan acknowledged the fact of the meetings, but did not go into details.
Muller wants to expand the 1994 Law on the Provision of Communication to Law Enforcement Agencies by Communication Companies in order to be able to influence Internet companies.
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The law requires telephone companies and broadband access providers, such as Verizon and Comcast, to provide the opportunity to listen to telephone conversations immediately by a court decision.
Law enforcement officials want the 1994 law to embrace Internet companies, because people are increasingly communicating on the Internet. An inter-ministerial working group of Obama administration officials is trying to draft a bill to submit it to Congress early next year.
According to informed sources, the Department of Commerce and the State Department doubt that this will impede innovation, and that repressive regimes can use the same opportunities to identify political dissidents.
In accordance with the proposal, companies will be forced to create systems for intercepting and decrypting encrypted messages. Services located abroad will have to communicate through a server in the United States, where they can be heard.
Google declined to comment. Noyes said it would be premature for Facebook to take any position.
Müller and FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni were to meet with top executives of several large companies, including Google and Facebook, according to several knowledgeable sources. How was the proposal Muller - is unknown.
“I can confirm that FBI Director Robert Muller visited Facebook during his trip to Silicon Valley,” said Facebook representative Andrew Noyes. FBI spokesman Michael Cortan acknowledged the fact of the meetings, but did not go into details.
Muller wants to expand the 1994 Law on the Provision of Communication to Law Enforcement Agencies by Communication Companies in order to be able to influence Internet companies.
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The law requires telephone companies and broadband access providers, such as Verizon and Comcast, to provide the opportunity to listen to telephone conversations immediately by a court decision.
Law enforcement officials want the 1994 law to embrace Internet companies, because people are increasingly communicating on the Internet. An inter-ministerial working group of Obama administration officials is trying to draft a bill to submit it to Congress early next year.
According to informed sources, the Department of Commerce and the State Department doubt that this will impede innovation, and that repressive regimes can use the same opportunities to identify political dissidents.
In accordance with the proposal, companies will be forced to create systems for intercepting and decrypting encrypted messages. Services located abroad will have to communicate through a server in the United States, where they can be heard.
Google declined to comment. Noyes said it would be premature for Facebook to take any position.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/108351/
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