Friday, May 05, 2006

Slashdot | FCC Affirms VoIP Must Allow Snooping

Slashdot | FCC Affirms VoIP Must Allow Snooping

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday May 04, @09:07PM
from the big-brother-is-listening dept.
MarsGov writes "The FCC released an order yesterday that requires all broadband providers and all "interconnected" VoIP providers to implement CALEA — in other words, law enforcement can snoop on your online conversations, both voice and text. While this is no surprise, it makes encryption for VoIP even more urgent."

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