[117917] in Cypherpunks
Re: Digital Wiretap Subsidy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Goldberg)
Wed Sep 15 09:34:23 1999
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
Date: 15 Sep 1999 13:18:01 GMT
Message-ID: <7ro6a9$eso$1@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
In article <199909150240.VAA92610@chao.insync.net>,
Eric Cordian <emc@chao.insync.net> wrote:
>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI reached a first-of-its-kind agreement
>enabling telecommunications companies to use computer software made
>by Nortel Networks to assist law enforcement agencies in conducting
>lawfully authorized wiretapping.
>
>The agreement calls for Nortel, a major supplier of
>telecommunications equipment, to provide certain software to its
>carrier customers. Nortel will waive the license fees.
Somehow it strikes me as really, um, funny, that the FBI chose a *Canadian*
company to supply its surrveillance needs. :-)
- Ian
