Congressional Issues 2006
THREATS TO CIVIL LIBERTIES
Encryption and Wiretapping
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The 110th Congress should
- lift all technical review requirements for encryption software
and hardware;
- reject attempts to foist key escrow, or key recovery, on the
market;
- reject a strong federal role in standardizing digital
signatures;
- repeal the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement
Act, which treats every U.S. citizen like a suspect and phones
as tracking devices; and
- prohibit the FBI from deploying Carnivore-type systems.
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