FITUG e.V. Förderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft

Auch das Finanzamt will mitlauschen

Kryptodebatte 1: Polizei und Geheimdienste wollen lauschen dürfen.

Kryptodebatte 2: Jugenschutzfilter und das Rights Protection System wollen lauschen dürfen und bei Bedarf Man-In-The-Middle Attacks fahren.

Wie vorhergesagt jetzt Kryptodebatte 3: Das Finanzamt (hier: das US IRS) fragt sich: Is Encryption Tax-Protective?

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37573,00.html

Is Encryption Tax-Protective? by Declan McCullagh

3:00 a.m. Jul. 15, 2000 PDT

WASHINGTON -- It used to be FBI Director Louis Freeh who would rail against online anonymity and argue that Americans should not be allowed to use encryption software without backdoors.

Now it's the U.S. Treasury Department -- home to the Secret Service, the IRS, and the Customs Service -- that's complaining.

"Problems could arise from the increasing sophistication of Internet encryption codes that are established for valid reasons of commercial secrecy but can also be used to conceal relevant tax details from tax administrations," Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said this week.

"In such a world, it will be easier for companies to avoid tax collectors by operating worldwide through websites based in jurisdictions that are unwilling to share taxpayer information," Summers told a gathering of international tax administrators in Washington.

Summers pleaded with his colleagues to craft global rules that would require Americans to pay taxes when buying products online or getting paid electronically.

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