Court upholds VoIP wiretapping
June 09, IDG News Service — Court upholds VoIP wiretapping. A U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling requiring voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to give law enforcement agencies wiretapping capabilities is legal, a court ruled today. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the FCC's August 2004 ruling saying interconnected VoIP providers must allow wiretapping by May 14, 2007. Several groups had appealed the ruling, saying it could introduce security vulnerabilities into VoIP services and drive up costs for customers. The FCC ruling requires VoIP providers that offer a substitute service for traditional telephone service to comply with a 1994 telephone wiretapping law called the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.
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