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US Gov't Assisted Iranian Gov't Mobile Wiretaps

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @08:27AM from the good-for-the-goose dept.

bdsesq sent in a story on Ars Technica highlighting how the US government's drive for security back doors has enabled the Iranian government to spy on its citizens. "For instance, TKTK was lambasted last year for selling telecom equipment to Iran that included the ability to wiretap mobile phones at will. Lost in that uproar was the fact that sophisticated wiretapping capabilities became standard issue for technology thanks to the US government's CALEA rules that require all phone systems, and now broadband systems, to include these capabilities."

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Re:Unfair to just put the blame on the US by decipher_saint · 2010-09-28 08:45 · Score: 2, Funny

Exactly! It is not the tool, it is the arm that wields it.

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Re:Meh by EdZ · 2010-09-28 08:52 · Score: 4, Funny

Those were all you guys?! Man, dick move America.
Re:Meh by Locke2005 · 2010-09-28 08:58 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm pretty sure Lindsay Lohan is all our fault too. Fortunately, in the case of Justin Bieber, we can always blame Canada!

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Re:Meh by c6gunner · 2010-09-28 11:04 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm pretty sure Lindsay Lohan is all our fault too. Fortunately, in the case of Justin Bieber, we can always blame Canada!
No way! He's a result of your "culture"! It's not our fault that you Americans have completely saturated our entertainment networks in order to brainwash our children!