Wow that was quick. No sooner did I get done posting my last article and I see on Wired the following story: Once again, supposedly sensitive information blacked out from a government report turns out to be visible by computer experts armed with the Ctrl+C keys â€" and that...
Police Blotter: Verizon forced to turn over text messagesThe moral of the story is......text messages aren't private and may be released by court order. Thus, if you're planning something you really don't want other people to know about, encrypted e-mail is much better.RE: Police Blotter: Verizon forced to turn...
Spirit Telecom is a South Carolina-based broadband network comprised of 18 Independent Local Exchange Carriers ILECs. The company sought to offer a comprehensive Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CALEA compliance solution to their member companies, to over 60 non-member ILECs and ISPs, and to prospective clients. Choosing to partner...
Texas Lone Star Network is a broadband network comprised of 38 Independent Local Exchange Carriers ILECs. The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CALEA compliance deadline of May 14, 2007 applied equally to all facilities-based broadband access providers and interconnected VoIP service providers, with restricted availability of compliance extensions. NeuStar...
Click! Network is a Tacoma, Washington-based broadband network of Independent Local Exchange Carriers ILECs and one of the nation's largest municipally-owned telecommunications systems. The deadline for Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CALEA compliance was May 14, 2007 for all facilities-based broadband access providers and interconnected VoIP service providers. CALEA...
U.S. broadband and VOIP providers have to prove they have the ability to allow wiretaps on their systems - and the deadline is coming up quick, reports IDG News ServiceThe 2005 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CALEA states that broadband ISPs and VOIP carriers that connect to public telephone...
The Electronic Frontier Foundations FLAG project filed a lawsuit PDF against the Department of Justice over the departments failure to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request for records concerning two FBI electronic surveillance projects - DCS-3000 and RedHook. According to a March 2006 inspector generals report...
Two new federal proposals will have a big impact on student privacy and have educators and privacy advocates very concerned, reports eSchool News. The first proposal could force IT administrators to make expensive modifications so that law enforcement can have easier access to student information for cross-checking against sex-offender...
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Bush Administration's rules for Internet surveillance, saying the FCC made a "reasonable policy choice," News.com reports. Judge Harry Edwards, who had called the FCC's arguments "gobbledygook" and "nonsense" during oral arguments before the appeals court last month, dissented. He said the...
Companies offering voice services over the Internet are likely to fight the FCC’s recent ruling that VoIP services are subject to wiretaps PDF, just like traditional phone providers. Kurt Opsahl, an attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told TopTechNews, "It's likely, because it really stretches the [Communications Assistance for...
Wiretaps may mute Nextel rivalsGood for Nextel!They have the best PTT solution anyway. I tried Verizon's at one point and found ridiculous delays, and low voice quality.Nextel is the de-facto standard.Hmmm, so only Nextel can "wiretap"???Time to ditch Nextel then...Secure voice scramblers are commercially available...I'm sure the Israelis have...
Feds step up push to wiretap VoIP callsThey want to tap our phone calls while not even going after bin Laden!So let's see: the Republicans deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen so they would have their perfect excuse to rob the middle east, the are not even pursuing bin Laden, Bush...
Recording VoIP Calls: Is it Legal?Nooooo, VOIP is a telephone callThe FCC "First report and Order" regarding CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act clearly puts VOIP within the wiretap statute, which, for the purposes of recording a call, treats VOIP like any other telephone call - with the same...
I was contacted recently by an old acquaintence, Alan Hall, formally from Novell and now with Solera Networks. Hmm. That didn't come out right. Alan is someone I've known for a while. I'm not saying he's old. Alan wanted me to hear about a different way to...
Internet issues in their political contextQui Bono?Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what your country can do for the lobbying corporations who have access.Google? Manifestly benefits from an open network.Intel? They sell chips either way.Microsoft? Not so obvious. They stand to gain...
Fellow VoIP blogger Tom Keating writes that he's been receiving email from "tin-foil hatters" (i.e. wackos) that the Skype sign-in outage is being caused by fallout from a project intended to make all Skype calls interceptible by the CIA and FBI.Tom writes:Tin foil hatters are emailing me to tell...
Endace calls it's platform the Ninja Pro. However, here at Interop 2007, I suggested to the company that they call it "Haystack" (or "Haystack Pro" instead). When you hear about the CALEA Act (that's the one that enables feds to collect lawfully intercepted data from the telcos for analysis),...
Open spectrum can close the broadband gapOf course more is neededThere's no end of spectrum needs. Not to sound flippant, I happen to agree that more open spectrum is absolutely required in order to have ubiquitous wireless services. More to the point, unless there is spectrum...
FBI chief blames computers for privacy flapTalentless musician blames instrument for lack of talent.Refresh my memory cells...The FBI is protecting us from WHAT?Once again... either they lie or they are incompetent...I wonder which it is.My feeling/hunch is that the system is abused on a regular basis, with citizens being spied...
The past decade has seen an explosion of government regulation that will either directly or indirectly affect VoIP implementation security. And, unfortunately, the trend is clearly heading towards even more regulation, not less. Ensure your organization's compliance to these sometimes confusing new regulations by studying this sample chapter from ...
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