Argument has raged over whether this infringes peoples privacy. Cryptography pointers . PGP now has a licence via MIT US law is out of step with the rest of the world in these areas. Other countries do not allow algorithms to be patented, and do not try to enforce their laws outside their own country. Arguments against Clipper Privacy is a right, now we can guarantee it technically Professional criminals won't use Clipper, or they will scramble the calls in addition Easy wiretapping is a recent historical accident.
Police can use traditional methods from before electronic exchanges.
The Bureau is proposing that the nation's telecommunications network be designed to permit the simultaneous monitoring of up to one percent of all telephone calls at any given time. A large online collection on Dataveillance has been put together by an Australian who now regrets campaigning for companies against tighter data protection. An operational intelligence system bought by the Greater Manchester police 2 years ago had a classification coding which allowed personal details like homosexuality to be entered. They decided not to use the field, and have now removed it. Last modified 27 Apr. 1999.