Feds: Colleges must grant backdoor access
Networking Pipeline reports in the feds request that Internet snooping be granted on college campuses to monitor students and faculty:
The feds know no limits when it comes to Internet snooping: It now appears that they want to require that colleges provide them with backdoors so that they can spy on students, professors, and staff on university networks.
The issue is over an FCC ruling related to the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) wiretapping law. The FCC says that broadband Internet providers and “interconnected” VoIP providers have to comply with CALEA next year.
The problem, say universities, is that the ruling appears to extend the law to colleges. And that, they add, would mean massive invasions of privacy, and potentially billions of dollars in network upgrades.
Where are our college students? Time to chime in with thoughts on the topic.
