Feds Looking to Tap Into VoIP, E-Mail
Legislation sought by law enforcement to require easy decryption of lawfully authorized intercepts.
"Developers of email, instant-messaging and voice-over-internet-protocol applications would be forced to redesign their services so their contents can be intercepted by law enforcement agents armed with legal wiretap orders under federal legislation reported on Monday by The New York Times," writes The Register's Dan Goodin.
"The legislation would, among other things, require cellphone carriers, websites and other types of service providers to have a way to unscramble encrypted communications traveling over their networks, the report said. It specifically mentions companies such as Research in Motion and Skype, which are popular in part because their cellular communications and VoIP services respectively are widely regarded as offering robust encryption that's impractical if not impossible for government agents to crack," Goodin writes.
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Feds want backdoors built into VoIP and email
