This is from the news:

Broadband providers and Internet phone services must comply with requirements designed for the traditional phone network, the Federal Communications Commission said in a preliminary decision Wednesday.

The 5-0 vote by the FCC is a major step toward regulations designed to help police and spy agencies eavesdrop on all forms of high-speed Internet access, including cable modems, wireless, satellite and broadband over power lines. Read Article

Do we trust every member of the organizations which will be invading our privacy in order to protect us from crime? Are the organizations willing to be open about the ways that they have invaded our privacy, to ensure that they are doing what they claim?

I know I wouldn't trust anyone, no matter from what federal agency or from what country they are. Problem is, once they do lof all this info, it could be used against you in other ways.

Here's an example. Let's say you got someone who likes kiddie porn, and the police found about it. I bet they'll go to the feds, and ask them to check that person's internet logs, for what they visited, and what they downloaded. Even though the wiretapping wasn't designed for this kind of action, catching adults who watch kiddie porn, but designed for catching terrorists, it would be very easy to obtain the necessary info this way, and make it work in court. Very many people use the net, and use it for a lot of stuff, and just for some freak cop to read your email, it's scaring me. This happens in US now, but how much time do you think it will take for other nations to make rules like this? Terrorist threat is real, and another strike anywhere could drive these kind of laws in many other countries too.