November 05, 2005

FCC regulation for tapping VoIP calls

Opponents of the FCC’s demands for a phone-tapping law for VoIP and other broadband networks maintain that the demand is beyond the scope of the original law and it involves additional expenses for the network owners. tmcnet.com reports:

Authorities are justified in trying to reduce the ways that technology helps dangerous people operate in the shadows, said Daniel Solove, author of "The Digital Person." But a parallel concern is that technology can end up increasing the government's surveillance power rather than just maintaining it.

Read More: Fight over surveillance law won't end technology-government clash

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