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truthcommission
04-04-2007, 12:06 PM
The US Department of Homeland Security is insisting that Verisign hand over the master keys of the Internet.

If it succeeds, the US will be able to track DNS Security Extensions (DNSSec) all the way back to the servers that represent the name system’s root zone on the Internet.

Effectively it would mean that US spooks could snoop on anyone in the Worldwide web and place control of the Internet firmly in the paws of the US government.

Full article (http://sanityforsale.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/us-homeland-security-wants-master-key-for-the-internet/)