FCC Affirms VoIP Must Allow Snooping
Found on Slashdot on Thursday, 04 May 2006
The FCC released an order yesterday that requires all broadband providers and all "interconnected" VoIP providers to implement CALEA — in other words, law enforcement can snoop on your online conversations, both voice and text. While this is no surprise, it makes encryption for VoIP even more urgent.
They sniffed your phone before, but now they even admit it. Just say hello to encryption.