[ NNSquad ] British Intelligence (and police) reportedly oppose cutting file sharers off Internet

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

British Intelligence (and police) reportedly oppose cutting file sharers off Internet

http://bit.ly/Nzsl  (Times Online)

They apparently fear (accurately!) that such policies would
increase the use of Internet encryption.  This will happen anyway over
time of course -- and will be A Good Thing overall -- but when you're
used to have free access to snoop on communications, the thought of
losing your window is understandably disturbing.

That's not to say that Bad Guys haven't been stopped by such
surveillance.  But installing government cameras in every room of
every household would likely also be of use to law enforcement and
intelligence services. 

Pervasive Internet crypto is coming -- like it or not.

--Lauren--
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