Privacy Digest

Risking Communications Security: Potential Hazards of the Protect America Act - Via IEEE Security and Privacy:

A new US law allows warrantless wiretapping whenever one end of the communication is believed to be outside national borders. This creates serious security risks: danger of exploitation of the system by unauthorized users, danger of criminal misuse by trusted insiders, and danger of misuse by government agents.

(Read Original Article - Via IEEE Security and Privacy.)