Homeland Security wants master key for the Internet: Will be able to snoop on everyone
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 wibble and place control of the Interweb tubes firmly in the paws of the US government.
The information that Homeland security is after the "key-signing key", currently held by Verisign, was revealed to the meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Lisbon.
[Mais uma a confirmar "O que nenhum jornal português deu sobre a conferência do ICANN que se realizou em Lisboa..."]
