By Polly Raymond, 23 August 1999 16:02
NEWS Privacy groups are up in arms over US government proposals that law enforcement agencies be given the authority to enter computer systems of suspected criminals. Draft legislation - which would give security forces the ability to disable encryption codes - was published last week, and quickly ran into controversy with privacy lobbyists as well as mainstream attorneys and even some policymakers. Bob Barr, a member of a House of Representatives committee responsible for assessing proposed legislation, described the plans as "patently absurd", and added that the US federal government has an obsession with electronic surveillance.
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