:InfoWorld: Justice department proposes system break-in rights
InfoWorld: Justice department proposes system break-in rights Aug 22, 1999, 02 :56 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (4454 reads) (Other stories by Jack McCarthy)
"The U.S. Justice Department plans to ask Congress for expanded powers
to break into homes and offices to disable security programs of computers
as part of investigations into criminal suspects..."
"The Justice Department will seek legislation that would allow law
enforcement officials to secretly search computer records and install
devices to override encryption programs..."
"The proposed legislation, called the Cyberspace Electronic Security
Act, would target drug dealers, child pornographers, terrorists, and
white-collar criminals..."
