Could CALEA Extend to the Internet?
"The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) was passed in 1994 to make it easier for the feds to listen in to everyone’s phone calls. The law forced phone companies to design their digital networks with special backdoors for government surveillance.
"There was a single saving grace – CALEA did not apply to the Internet.
But now, all of that could change. Under pressure from the Department of Justice (DoJ) and federal law enforcement, the FCC is gathering comments on a proposal to expand CALEA to cover broadband Internet access providers and Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony companies."
Electronic Frontier Foundation. A Government-Mandated Backdoor For Every Network. Deep Links. Oct. 6, 2004.
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