Big Brother Wants Into VoIP At Any Cost

wallaby fly-half writes "An amendment to the CALEA law would make it easier for the government to monitor calls made over VoIP and even temporarily store some packet traffic. Ars Technica reports that the 'bill will put the technology in place to buffer packet streams, and places the job of filtering those streams under government control. We know from the NSA warrantless wiretapping program that the government is not limiting itself to access to under court orders, and the CALEA bill must be considered in light of the capacity it generates.'"

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I for one..

[mrspikersworth]

Oh, what's the use anymore?

Right to Remain Silent

[Doc Ruby]

Goddamn Republican government has pureed the baby with the bathwater, so now we can't even wiretap actual criminals and terrorists because we're hanging ourselves from the same rope. Every attack on our rights in the name of their Terror War is another victory for the terrorists. Why do they hate America?

Re:SpeakFreely

[sgt_doom]

Sorry, I don't in any way mean to be patronizing, but if you've been in the computer sci. field for any period of time you'll realize the absurdity of the question you just posed.