IP: Wiretapping law likely will cover Internet telephony

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 08:30:19 -0500
To: politech () vorlon mit edu
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>


[Any blame should not properly go to the FCC but Congress, which voted for
Digital Telephony/CALEA in the first place. --Declan]

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http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/16146.html

                     Wiretapping Internet Phone Lines
                     by Declan McCullagh 

                     4:00 a.m.  10.Nov.98.PST
                     A federal wiretapping law designed to let
                     police snoop on telephone calls could
                     have profound implications for companies
                     that offer Internet phone service.

                     [...]


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David Farber         
The Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunication Systems
University of Pennsylvania 
Home Page: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~farber