Security Implications of Applying the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act to Voice over IP
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For many people, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) looks like a nimble way of using a computer to make phone calls. Download the software, pick an identifier and then wherever there is an Internet connection, you can make a phone call. From this perspective, it makes perfect sense that anything that can be done with the telephone system — such as E911 and the graceful accommodation of wiretapping — should be able to be done readily with VoIP as well.
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