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VOIP Tappings Under Scrutiny

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the as-well-they-should-be dept.

dynooomite writes "CNN.com is reporting that Privacy groups have asked an appellate court to overturn an FCC rule that allows for phone-taps on VOIP calls. The privacy groups made their case saying taps would seriously hinder innovation on the web."

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  1. Re:Huh? by temojen · · Score: 5, Informative

    RTP and H.323 communications that do not have a PSTN endpoint are routed point to point. Wiretapping would require them to be routed through or multicasted to a central wiretap server (at least the ones that are being tapped).

  2. Re:The real question is... by Sloppy · · Score: 5, Informative

    DMCA contains an exemption for Law Enforcement.

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    As copyright owner of this comment, I authorize everyone to defeat any technological measure which limits access to it.
  3. Re:Encryption? by Jason+Pollock · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you use a private codec, you aren't going to be interconnecting with the PSTN. If you aren't interconnecting with the PSTN, you aren't covered by the wire tap rule.

    They don't care if you and your friend Jeff write your own codec and use that.