[PAR35]

The code phrase is “Legal Intercept”. The government requires all telecom providers to design their systems to permit easy electronic monitoring of communications upon demand.

And, of course, if the government can do it, a skilled hacker probably can, as well.

[Chickensoup]

we live in amazing times.

[Swordmaker]

The code phrase is “Legal Intercept”. The government requires all telecom providers to design their systems to permit easy electronic monitoring of communications upon demand.

And, of course, if the government can do it, a skilled hacker probably can, as well.

There is a world of difference to the government using a search warrant to get call information from a service provider and a hacker getting in and finding specific call data among billions of calls. You really don’t know what you’re talking about. You seem to be equating monitoring with a hacker breaking into the cellular networks. It ain’t the way it works. . . This ain’t Hollywood. Such set-up is done internally at the carrier and there are safeguards built in. The government can’t just tap in when it wants. The carrier must set it up for each tap.