Court upholds VoIP wiretapping
NetworkWorld.com, 06/12/06
An FCC ruling requiring VoIP providers to give law enforcement agencies wiretapping capabilities is legal, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
As IDG News Service's Grant Gross reports, the court upheld the FCC's August 2004 ruling saying interconnected VoIP providers must allow wiretapping by May 14, 2007. Several organizations, including the American Council on Education, Sun and the Center for Democracy and Technology, had petitioned the ruling, saying it could introduce security vulnerabilities into VoIP services and drive up costs for customers.
-- Jim Duffy
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