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Date: 2000-05-16
Surveillance: EPIC gegen CALEA-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- gesetzliche Ermächtigung Berufung einlegen, die das FBI in die Lage versetzen würde, das Design der gesamten nationalen Kommunikations/infrastruktur der USA entscheidend mit zu bestimmen, Mobiltelefonierer zu tracken und das Internet zu überwachen. Codename des Ganzen ist CALEA - in EU bekannt geworden als ENFOPOL. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- This week, EPIC and other Internet privacy advocacy groups will ask a federal appeals court to block new rules that would enable the FBI to dictate the design of the nation's communication infrastructure. The challenged rules would, among other capabilities, enable the Bureau to track the physical locations of cellular phone users and potentially monitor Internet traffic. In an oral argument to be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on May 17, EPIC, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will argue that the rules -- contained in a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision issued last August -- could result in a significant increase in government interception of digital communications. Also arguing against the proposed technical standards will be another group of challengers, comprised of telecommunications industry trade associations and the Center for Democracy and Technology. The court challenge involves the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), a controversial law enacted by Congress in 1994, which requires the telecommunications industry to design its systems in compliance with FBI technical requirements to facilitate electronic surveillance. In negotiations over the last few years, the FBI and industry representatives were unable to agree upon those standards, resulting in last year's FCC ruling. EPIC, ACLU and EFF participated as parties in the FCC proceeding and argued that the privacy rights of Americans must be protected. The groups' court briefs asserted that the FCC ruling exceeds the requirements of CALEA and frustrates the privacy interests protected by federal statutes and the Fourth Amendment. Among other things, the Commission order would require telecommunications providers to determine the physical locations of cellular phone users and deliver "packet- mode communications" -- such as those that carry Internet traffic -- to law enforcement agencies. Proposed architectural changes to communications networks are also being considered this week in Paris, where a Group of Eight (G-8) conference is considering "cybercrime" issues. The process, which began several years ago at the behest of the United States, may be moving toward concrete proposals that could impact online anonymity. During the G-8 ministerial conference in Moscow last October, the countries committed their experts to organize a dialogue between industry and governments about "identifying and locating cybercriminals." During the scheduled Okinawa summit in July, the results of the discussion will be considered by the Heads of State of the G-8. Background materials on CALEA, including the briefs filed by EPIC, ACLU and EFF, are available at EPIC's website: http://www.epic.org/privacy/wiretap/ Information on the G-8 conference is available at: http://www.g8parishightech.org/en_txt/index.htm -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by Harkank published on: 2000-05-16 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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