Universities and digital freedom organizations are filing appeals to the Federal Communications Commission’s call for phone-system wiretapping on the Internet, complaining of the expense of compliance and negative effect on innovation. A requirement that universities, carriers and other Internet service companies build spying capabilities into their networks for law enforcement purposes extend what is known as the Communications Assitance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) wiretapping rules to the Internet.
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FBI Net Wiretapping Under Fire
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 24, 2005 02:40 PMUniversities and digital freedom organizations are filing appeals to the Federal Communications Commission’s call for phone-system wiretapping on the Internet, complaining of the expense of compliance and negative effect on innovation. A requirement that universities, carriers and other Internet service companies build spying capabilities into their networks for law enforcement purposes extend what is known as the Communications Assitance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) wiretapping rules to the Internet.