Jacob Sullum is one of America’s most gifted writers on civil liberties. His most recent column points out that federal police-state control freaks are (once again) seeking to ensure that all future federal laws governing computer technology be written so that the surveillance freaks in the federal government (the NSA, FBI, etc.) will always be able to monitor and surveil the American people’s computer use by way of “back doors.”
In the government’s sick, twisted vision of the future, all computer and communication technology will be manufactured with “back doors” programmed into it, allowing the omnipotent control freaks of government to secretly enter and conduct surveillance on virtually everything. The government must be all-knowing. The king’s keys must be able to unlock every door.
