William Wheatley
Coldfusion Guru
----- Original Message -----
From: Angel Stewart
To: CF-Community
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 2:11 PM
Subject: VOIP now completely unsecure due to Government Wiretapping laws.
Looks like the HYPERLINK
"http://www.engadget.com/FCC%20votes%205-0%20to%20tap%20your%20VoIP%20communicat
ions"unsecure rap Voice over IP was getting before is pretty irrelevant now, as
the FCC ruled today five to zip that VoIP communications must always be
tappable. News.com calls it "a major step toward regulations designed to help
police and spy agencies eavesdrop on all forms of high-speed Internet access".
What it really means right now is your Vonage line or your WiFi phone, for
instance, which were already tappable before through traditional means, can now
be tapped right through the Internet. In other words, now those kinds of
wiretaps can be done by the government in aggregate, and the telcos won't get to
supervise (at least before they had to go through the phone company to place a
wiretap, now they can just do it themselves courtesy of this mandatory
backdoor). It also means that VoIP and broadband providers must use
reversible-encryption if they want "secure" calling, which, of course, is a
matter of time before it's broken and anyone can tap anything at anytime.
Precautionary measures for dangerous times, or 1984+20?
So, the government gets to tap any calls it wants, at any point in time, once
again without the judicial reviews and oversights which were designed to protect
the rights of citizens.
And people say that since 9/11 they see no change in their rights and the
protection of those rights? Pfftt..yeah right!
-Gel
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