VoIP Wiretapping

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 Update: 03/28 04:52 GMT by Z : As several readers have pointed out, this story is a mite out of date.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.

Comments

Alright... who cares?

[rice_burners_suck]

This is perfectly acceptable. There are a lot of bad people in the world, like terrorists, who might use VoIP instead of talking on the normal telephone because of lack of wiretapping. If VoIP provides the same service as the normal telephone, then it stands to reason that it should fall under the same rules.