According to German News-Site Spiegelonline the FBI wants to access iChat, Xbox, Twitter and more. After 20 years of Lobbyism the FBI doesn´t strive for a general Key for all encrypted Commuication anymore. Instead the FBI wants to expand the US-Evesdropping/Wiretapping rules CALEA to Social Networks.
For the FBI the the means of accessing electronic communication are not enough anymore. So they started lobbying for controlling Microblogs like Twitter and Social Networks as well as Chatservices like iChat. At the same time the investigators pass on the right to have a universal key to all encrypted communication that is accessible in the US.
Since the early eighties the FBI and the NSA have repeatedly claimed extended rights for access to Telecommunication. In 1994 this was successful when Telecom- and Internetproviders were committed to provide interfaces for public authorities.
Since then CALEA expands as soon as a new form of communication or a new protocol becomes popular. In 2006 CALEA was expanded to include Voice over IP.
There is speculation that today the NSA Controls the whole Internettraffic including Emails with a system called NarusInsight which is directly connected to the Internet Backbone.
See the Original Article here (german)
