Schools, libraries fight Federal wiretapping rules

Iria · Jan 30, 2006, 12:44 AM

When the US government updated the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) last summer to require ISPs to build centralized surveillance backdoors into their networks so the FBI could eavesdrop on VoIP calls, a number of colleges and universities voiced concerns that compliance would be a costly, time-consuming endeavor. In a brief filed late last week with the US Court of Appeals in Washington DC, the Association of American Universities, American Library Assocation, and a handful of corporations are asking the court to set the ruling aside.
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Jan 30, 2006, 12:44 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	Schools, libraries fight Federal wiretapping rules When the US government updated the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) last summer to require ISPs to build centralized surveillance backdoors into their networks so the FBI could eavesdrop on VoIP calls, a number of colleges and universities voiced concerns that compliance would be a costly, time-consuming endeavor. In a brief filed late last week with the US Court of Appeals in Washington DC, the Association of American Universities, American Library Assocation, and a handful of corporations are asking the court to set the ruling aside. _____________ Read More / Source: Ars Technica