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VoIP Wiretapping

Posted by Zonk on from the everybody-else-is-doing-it-so-why-can't-we? dept.

pisqon writes "VoIP News has an article discussing a U.S. government decision that will extend wiretapping regulations to the Internet. From the article: 'The Federal Communications Commission voted 5-0 last week to prohibit businesses from offering broadband or Internet phone service unless they provide police with backdoors for wiretapping access. Formal regulations are expected by early next year.'" Update: 03/28 04:52 GMT by Z : As several readers have pointed out, this story is a mite out of date. Good conversation in the comments, though.

9 of 284 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Internet too? by rokzy · · Score: 2, Funny

    every letter you send is scanned by a NMR device giving a pattern of ink. the letter can then be digitally "unfolded" and read (it helps protect your privacy to write on both sides of the paper and then fold it in an unusual way - see any oragami textbook for further details). in practice the letters aren't read but scanned by OCR and fed into the usual federal database for screening for keywords.

  2. Microsoft stock on the up? by joey_knisch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mandatory backdoors in software... Looks like I will be buying some Microsoft stock.

  3. What the hell? by Vokbain · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fuck the police!

  4. BOHICA.... by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 2, Funny

    We welcome our new Soviet Cheka/KGB overloards..

  5. Re:Only makes sense by mikael · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here's a good true story. A thief who nicked a women's handbag, was caught after he answered the call and agreed to return the mobile phone to the police.

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  6. Re:hahaha by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    keep that finger in that leaking dyke, we wouldnt want all the water to rush out

    Besides, some people actually pay good money to do things like this.

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    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  7. Re:Only makes sense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And besides, anyone who says 'anyone who says * is a fool', is a fool!

  8. Re:Only makes sense by Corporal+Dan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone who thinks that big organized crime doesn't have their own IT guys who know this stuff forwards and backwards, and set up secure communications and encrypted storage for their bosses is a fool.

    Obligatory Sneakers quote:
    Martin: Organized crime?
    Cosmo: Hah. Don't kid yourself. It's not that organized.

  9. Re:Feeling Privacy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I smoke weed, regularly drive over the speed limit, and download media files in violation of copyright.

    There, that feels...better?

    (clicks "Post Anonymously")