Comments on: Cable taps into wiretap law

Time Warner Cable has asked VeriSign to help it comply with a federal wiretapping law for telecom carriers that will likely be extended to all broadband providers, says a source familiar with Time Warner's plans.

[billbutterusername]

I give up.

It is time to provide the local police station with a package containing a list of all safes, doors, computers & etc. --with a copy of all keys, access codes and account numbers.

What the hell?

[John Kuzak]

keys, access codes

http://www.analogstereo.com/kia_rio_owners_manual.htm

Boycott your DSL Cable provider with Speakeasy

What's next after you're ISP provider allows the
government to watch every action you make,
along with all the passwords you type?
Kicking in you're door with the patriot act in
hand because you viewed something that "Big
Brother disaproves of??
The time is now to boycott these companies
and send the message to the ISP's you pay
them they should pay homige to you, not the
FBI.
Start by selling Wi-Fi internet access it's still
legal, and supported by "Speakeasy". By
doing this you can protect others and you're
annonimity.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20030701/163
7233_F.shtml
"Found over at Glenn Fleishman's Wi-Fi
Networking News, and apparently not yet
picked up by any media outlets is the news
that Speakeasy, the DSL ISP famous for (get
this) actually being CUSTOMER FRIENDLY, is
letting customers sell their own bandwidth.
Speakeasy already encourages people to set
up WiFi networks and to use as many
computers as they want (unlike the big name
companies that want you to pay extra for every
computer you connect). Now, accepting the
fact that the bandwidth they sell you is your
bandwidth, they're making it easy to turn
around and resell your own bandwidth to your
neighbors. You set the price, and they handle
the billing. They also provide email addresses
and other features like access to the
Rhapsody music service. You split the
revenue 50/50 with Speakeasy. While I think
most people would probably just as soon let
their neighbors use their bandwidth for free,
it's very cool to see a company admit that the
bandwidth is yours to do as you please. Every
day, Speakeasy looks like a better broadband
provider. As the big cable and DSL providers
get more and more restrictive (while raising
their prices) it's cool to see a company that is
letting customers do what they want. Clearly,
they stand to benefit as well (taking 50% of the
fees!), but whereas other broadband providers
would see this as "theft" Speakeasy is being
smart about it and seeing it as an
"opportunity". "
Boycott, send a message and make a little
cash on the side.

Surrender All Thoughts

Let's just get it over with and give the government unfettered remote access to cameras in our homes, GPS units in our cars, and electronic thermometers up our butts. Hey, if you've got nothing to hide, then you have nothing to worry about.