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Washington - The House, in an overwhelming bipartisan vote, yesterday approved a sweeping new surveillance law that extends the government's eavesdropping capability and effectively would shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits for cooperating with the Bush administration's wiretapping program. |
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Wiretapping Made Easy Silently tapping into a private cellphone conversation is no longer a high-tech trick reserved for spies and the FBI. Thanks to the work of two young cyber-security researchers, cellular snooping may soon be affordable enough for your next-door neighbor. |
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New backdoors for US secret service found at US telcos 17.12.2007 The New York Times reports additional details about the controversial warrantless eavesdropping program being conducted by the US government and the National Security Agency (NSA). |
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Handy-Gespräche für jedermann abhörbar Die Funkübertragung von Handys galt lange als abhörsicher. Doch die Fortschritte der vergangenen Jahre sowohl in der Kryptanalyse als auch bei der Hardware lassen den weltweit anzutreffenden GSM-Standard in einem anderen Licht erscheinen. „Abhören für jedermann“ ist ohne größeren Aufwand möglich. |
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Businesses Look to Mobile VoIP Seventy percent of businesses plan to be using VoIP regularly on their mobile devices over the next two years, according to research by Coleman Parkes; this is up from 27 percent who are currently using it. But while businesses see huge benefits to mobile VoIP, the research has also found that most companies see the increased uptake in VoIP phones as a security concern. |
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