If approved, you would have to vet new Internet applications with law enforcement before providing your service. There will be a queue. There will be politics involved. It would completely change the way services are introduced on the Internet.
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The FBI wants insight into all Internet activities
Legal experts said the 85-page filing includes language that could be interpreted as forcing companies to build back doors into everything from instant messaging and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) programs to Microsoft's Xbox Live game service. The introduction of new services that did not support a back door for police would be outlawed, and companies would be given 15 months to make sure that existing services comply.
March 13 2004, 16:44:26 UTC 8 years ago