US Would Make Internet Wiretaps Easier. Hey! It's Shrub, in blackface.....

Now if somebody wants to treat American citizens like adults and give us a reason for needing to poke into our personal business, then we will determine whether the risk is worth it.

From ABC News      

The new regulations that would be sent to Congress next year would affect American and foreign companies that provide communications services inside the U.S. It would require service providers to make the plain text of encrypted conversations — over the phone, computer or e-mail — readily available to law enforcement, according to federal officials and analysts.

The mandate would likely require companies to add backdoors or other changes to the systems that would allow a wiretap to capture an unscrambled version of a conversation.

Those affected by the changes would include online services and networking sites such as Facebook and Skype, as well as phone systems that deliver encrypted e-mail such as BlackBerry.