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[FYI] (Fwd) FBI wiretap worries slow satellite phones
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- From: Horns@t-online.de (Axel H. Horns)
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 15:01:01 +2000
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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 14:20:44 -0700
From: Eric Blossom <eb@starium.com>
To: cryptography@c2.net
Subject: FBI wiretap worries slow satellite phones
Good article.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2c4%2c40048%2c00.html?dd.ne.txt.0803.0
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FBI wiretap worries slow satellite phones
By John Borland
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
August 3, 1999, 4:00 a.m. PT
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is putting the brakes--at least
temporarily--on the satellite phone industry.
The FBI and other U.S. law enforcement agencies are worried that new
space-based telephone systems, which theoretically allow a person to
use a wireless phone from virtually anywhere on earth, will undermine
their ability to wiretap telephone calls and trace criminals through
cellphones.
[snip]
Eric