The FBI is hoping that a law could be passed which would require all ISPs to amend their terms of service forcing users to allow all their browsing activities to be monitored by the FBI under the guise of protection for the individual and companies against malicious attacks. The eventual hope of those supporting the initiative is that it would allow the FBI to ?shut down a crime in process." What entails a crime would be left up to the FBI to determine. No doubt that would include, but would not be limited to, p2p file transfers, bit torrent downloads and internet gambling. Clearly this is part of the slippery slope to curtailing basic freedoms just because the activity occurs on the internet.
no court would allow that to happen |