The Internet Wiretapping Arms Race

    The FBI wants it to be systematically easy to wiretap any internet communication service — Skype, Facebook, whatever — and is asking tech companies to go along with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. Slate's Future Tense raises an interesting point though: It may just set off a kind of arms race — more surveillance may lead more people to turn to more private services, more encryption, further off the main grid.

    Matt Buchanan
    by Matt Buchanan

    BuzzFeed Staff

    The Internet Wiretapping Arms Race

    slate.com

    The FBI wants it to be systematically easy to wiretap any internet communication service — Skype, Facebook, whatever — and is asking tech companies to go along with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. Slate's Future Tense raises an interesting point though: It may just set off a kind of arms race — more surveillance may lead more people to turn to more private services, more encryption, further off the main grid.