[5487] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: FCC issues CALEA orders
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Tue Aug 31 15:01:52 1999
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@mit.edu>
To: James Glave <james@wired.com>
Cc: Ross Harvey <ross@ghs.com>, cryptography@c2.net
Date: 31 Aug 1999 14:05:50 -0400
In-Reply-To: James Glave's message of "Tue, 31 Aug 1999 07:41:44 -0700"
James Glave <james@wired.com> writes:
>> FWIW, Internet telephony is safe from wiretapping. Reasonable summary:
Just because Internet telephony isn't covered by CALEA does not mean
that it is safe from wiretapping. It does mean that a court order is
needed for any kind of wiretapping, and that the FBI can't depend on
ISPs for technical assistance, and need to develop the necessary
technology themselves.
Of course, there's also the substantial risk of non-law-enforcement
entities tapping your Internet telephony. Use strong crypto, but you
all knew that already.
Marc
