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Flying the Wiretapped Skies

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-you-hear-what-i-hear dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The FBI is lobbying the FCC for the power to to quickly wiretap in-flight broadband services under CALEA. The feds are afraid terrorists will use the services to coordinate hijackings or remotely activate bombs, and they want to be able to interrupt or redirect a airplane's Internet access during a crisis, or to start sniffing packets within 10 minutes of identifying a suspicious passenger and getting court approval. Here is the FCC filing."

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  1. Court Order by Honest+Man · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "to start sniffing packets within 10 minutes of identifying a suspicious passenger and getting court approval"

    US Patriot Act killed that waiting game.... They are able to act and get the court order later and frankly I'm surprised they are 'asking' for permission when in reality they're already doing it and got caught or we'd never have heard about it.

  2. SSH? by laughlinbarker · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If the terrorists knew anything about computers they would simply tunnel what ever they are doing over SSH! The FBI or Home Land Security couldn't do shit!