FBI pushing for surveillance backdoors on websites

Re:FBI pushing for surveillance backdoors on websites by bdunbar on Friday May 04, 2012 @02:55PM (#3929792)

why would anyone doing serious crime use Skype?

I don't agree with this at all but ...

I'd venture that most criminals are not exactly tech savvy. We've all seen those stories about guys caught because they posted pictures of their deeds on Facebook or Myspace.

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Re:FBI pushing for surveillance backdoors on websites by pdubs on Friday May 04, 2012 @03:31PM (#3929944)

>I'd venture that most criminals are not exactly tech savvy

Even if this is currently true; it will change.

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Re:FBI pushing for surveillance backdoors on websites by thematt on Friday May 04, 2012 @03:51PM (#3930048)

Will it? Criminals know they can be wiretapped, but that hasn't stopped them from using phones for communicating.

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Re:FBI pushing for surveillance backdoors on websites by bdunbar on Friday May 04, 2012 @10:05PM (#3931133)

I don't believe criminals will be any smarter than the average citizen.

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