US Not Planning To Step Up Surveillance of Internet: Many countries of the world, including America, have recently seen an increase in cases related to hacking and cybercrime. After which the concern about the security of the nation has become more than ever before for the governments. Meanwhile, there has been news from the US that despite the increase in such activities, it will not increase government surveillance on the Internet. Regarding this, an official of Joe Biden Government said that the administration takes care of its implication on privacy and civil rights.
He said that the administration does not want additional authority to monitor the US based Internet service in the current situation. Instead, the administration will focus on strengthening more robust partnerships and information sharing systems with private sector companies. Keeping the identity confidential, the official said that already private sector companies have a wide presence in the domestic Internet sector.
Hackers using VPN
The comment is believed to be an acceptance of the ongoing political debate over government surveillance, a challenge to the balance between cybersecurity and privacy, eight years after the National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowder leaked the agency’s documents. Foreign government-backed hackers are constantly using America’s ‘virtual private network’ (VPN) to escape directives from American intelligence agencies.
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Biden’s information about hacking
These agencies are legally barred from monitoring the domestic digital infrastructure. The official said that President Joe Biden has been informed of the events of Hacking Cases in USA and cybersecurity experts from the private sector have been involved in discussions with White House officials. When the officer was asked that the government was considering a new monitoring authority, he said, “Not yet, not yet”.