New legislation to increase FBI eavesdropping

News.com is runing a story about new legislation that would increase FBI snooping:

“The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned. . .

Require any manufacturer of “routing” and ‘addressing’ hardware to offer upgrades or other ‘modifications’ that are needed to support Internet wiretapping. . .

Authorize the expansion of wiretapping requirements to ‘commercial’ Internet services including instant messaging if the FCC deems it to be in the “public interest.” That would likely sweep in services such as in-game chats offered by Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming system as well.”

You can read the full story here.