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Cops Have Got Your Number

Posted by michael on from the ready-set-spy dept.

explosionhead writes "Salon has a nice article about the FBI's stretching their powers for phone taps under the 'Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act' and how this could apply to digital communication. The FCC tried to apply this 3 years ago, and it was fought off, but the article also comments that many of the Telcos were hesitant to argue this time around for fear of bad post Sept-11 publicity." We covered this when it happened, with a lot of good information if I do say so myself. Salon is now noting that no one is willing to challenge the revised FCC rules, running scared in the (dare I say it?) post-September 11 world.

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  1. Cops got numbers? I've got by Verizon+Guy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post.

    --

    Aw, fuck it. Let's go bowling. - The Big Lebowski

  2. so what? by Ishkibble · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    just look in the phone book, or on the net "it takes 43 muscles to smile and 3 to pull the trigger of a gun that is next to Bill Gate'$ head!"

  3. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This post was almost as informative as your previous one. Almost.

  4. Michael Vs. Jon Katz! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    running scared in the (dare I say it?) post-September 11 world.

    That snarkiness sounds to me like infighting! Infighting infighting infighting!!!

    Bleah bleah.

  5. New ./ posting bot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, I've got a good idea for a new Slashdot posting script. It will load each new Salon tech headline, search for keywords regarding privace, mp3's or microsoft, then send the first 50 words and a link to the http://slashdot.org/submit.pl. I will put it upon Freshmeat when I'm done.