The FBI requests access to navigation history
February 8, 2010
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has submitted a proposal that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) [keep browsing history ] of its customers for two years, in order that the agency can consult this information. The FBI relies on that phone companies already do this function, keeping information about calls for 18 months . The bureau contends that since much of the telephone business has moved to the web, this request does not transgressing any rules.
However, if the phone, the FBI only has access to certain data (such as knowing what issue was a call) but can not record conversations . That is, the contents of the call will not be disclosed to the authorities, as doing so would constitute a violation of the law. In the case of this proposal is not clear what information would be shared. While reviewing which domain or which server a user visited requires no further complication, known the exact address self implies a profound revision (DPI, deep packet inspection ).
Although the FBI argues that know the history of navigation would help in their investigations, especially those involving the child pornography , a sector of the legislators who are reluctant to give this power to the agency. No doubt this information could be useful to expedite investigations, but the problem is not known to what level of data would have access .
This type of monitoring has been used before, for purposes of surveillance and censorship . In the U.S., the DPI review has been employed by the National Security Agency (in complicity with the company AT
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