Verisign Offers Wiretapping Services

Posted by michael on Tuesday June 4, 2002 @12:50AM from the suddenly-there-came-a-tapping dept.

LinuxDeckard writes "According to this article at FindLaw, VeriSign will soon be offering its 'NetDiscovery' wire tapping services for a monthly fee. NetDiscovery will allow Telecoms to comply with court ordered wire taps." Verisign's press release is informative. This appears to be tapping of voice calls rather than internet usage. I assume it would work something like this: telecom company gets a wiretap notification from the FBI or local police; it routes all calls to/from $TARGET through a Verisign switch; Verisign does the tapping and reporting to the tappers. If you think this doesn't affect you, keep in mind that under the PATRIOT Act the barrier for wiretapping is set very low indeed.

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Re:I don't think this affects me... by delphi125 · 2002-06-04 01:05 · Score: 4, Funny

You mean I have a long lost aunt? Cool!
Replacing $TARGET by simpleguy · 2002-06-04 01:41 · Score: 3, Funny

Just replace $TARGET with $VICTIM and then re read the story. *shudder*
Re:Small country by Pig+Hogger · 2002-06-04 02:38 · Score: 2, Funny

That's whay I like to live in a small country and speaking a languange only 2 Million Popole speak
Where is Popoland????