NSA Wiretapping and Net Neutrality

IP Democracy takes the NSA domestic wiretapping scandal into net neutrality territory, speculating on whether RBOC complicity in the eavesdropping will affect consumer perception of telco trustworthiness when it comes to keeping mitts off of neutrality – the main telecom talking point on neutrality so far being “don’t worry, be happy”. I have to think that this will have CALEA perception implications as well – the notion that eavesdropping ought to be built-in to telecommunications systems is presumably grounded in the increasingly fantastical notion that you can trust your government and the telecomms to use it lawfully. Will there be ripple effects on the Canadian lawful access issue? Perhaps, if the Conservatives are seen as being too eager to imitate the Bush Administration’s posture when it comes to matters of security (as suggested by the Tories’ adamant support of a military presence in Afghanistan, and the photographs of returning bodies / flags at half-mast imbroglio).