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TorrentSpy out of luck in email hacking suit
News But while a US District judge found that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) had not violated the federal Wiretap Act, as TorrentSpy's attorneys had argued, the MPAA acknowledged in court records that it... [29 Aug 2007]
Net snooping rules challenged in court
News Universities, libraries and technology companies are asking a federal court to block controversial wiretap rules designed to facilitate police surveillance of the internet. In a 71-page brief sent to the US Court of... [30 Jan 2006]
VoIP wiretapping rules to be considered
News It's clear from the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) 59-page decision, released late on Friday evening, that any voice over IP, or VoIP, provider linking with the public telephone network must be wiretap-ready. [27 Sep 2005]
Email snoop case can proceed, says US court
News In a closely watched case governing internet privacy, a federal appeals court has reinstated a criminal case against an email provider accused of violating wiretap laws. At the heart of the case is whether such email... [12 Aug 2005]
Amazon exec-style email snooping to be banned
News In that case, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Bradford Councilman, a former executive for an online bookseller, did not violate federal wiretap laws by allegedly snooping on email that Amazon.com sent to... [27 Jul 2004]
Qualcomm boss says CDMA surveillance possible
News Jacobs' Qualcomm is a US wireless technology firm that developed much of the CDMA technology, and he told the Korean news agency Yonhap that it was technologically possible to wiretap CDMA but that the act is extremely... [24 Nov 2003]
Router holes 'threaten the internet'
News Using such digital forgery could allow an attacker to redirect traffic, to wiretap data, to create an information "black hole" and even to masquerade as another server, Dugan said. The border gateway protocol, a widely... [03 Mar 2003]
$15bn: the high-tech cost of US attacks
News Meanwhile, senior US government figures are lobbying Congress to stiffen the country's wiretap laws. As the world struggles to come to terms with the horrific attacks on the US last week, the costs of the disaster are... [17 Sep 2001]
Transatlantic Cable: Tap, tap tapping on the net's door
Comment As the ACLU says: "Carnivore is roughly equivalent to a wiretap capable of accessing the contents of the conversations of all of the phone company's customers, with the 'assurance' that the FBI will record only... [19 Jul 2000]
