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Security, Wiretapping, and the Internet

PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Format1.0MB PDFDate added01 Nov 2005
Topics Broadband, VoIP - IP Telephony, Security Management
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Wiretaps have been used since the invention of the telegraph and have been a legal element of the US law enforcement arsenal for more than a quarter century. In keeping with law enforcement's efforts to keep laws current with changing technologies, in 1994 the US Congress passed the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). The law proved to be controversial because it mandated that digitally switched telephone networks must be built wiretap enabled, with the US Department of Justice in charge of determining the appropriate technology standards.

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