I thought you might be interested in knowing that the FBI is at it again, trying to get their spying mischief making tools to catch up with the new technology. This information was posted on the action alert list of the ACLU.
Frances M. Beal
Subject: Prevent the FBI from Monitoring All Americans! Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:9:34 From: owner-action at aclu.org To: action at aclu.org
Big Brother Wants to Know Where You Are, and With Whom You're Communicating
The FBI is pressuring the FCC to expand the ways in which the agency can monitor us and listen in on our private Internet communications. It has asked the FCC for permission to use an individual's cellular phone as a location tracking device. It also wants access to information you send over the Internet using e-mail and other modes of Internet communication like ICQ, Freetel, and Netmeeting. (The FCC calls this "packet mode communications.")
Before making its ruling on the FBI's request, the FCC is seeking comments on whether federal law enforcement agencies should be able to use cell phones as tracking devices and have easier access to the content of our private Internet communications.
TAKE ACTION!
Tell the FCC that that the FBI is not authorized and should not be allowed to track every American at will. You can learn more about the issue and send a FREE FAX from the ACLU web site at:
http://www.aclu.org/action/calea106.html
Note: The deadline for submitting comments to the FCC on this issue is December 14, 1998. Please do not forward or otherwise re-distribute this information without including this deadline. ================================================