The Associated Press reports that “Privacy and technology groups asked the federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday to overturn a Federal Communications Commission rule that expands wiretapping laws to cover Internet calls — or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
Law enforcement agencies already can obtain a subpoena for the contents of VoIP calls from Internet access providers. But the FBI and others want the ability to capture the technology live and they want systems designed so it would be easy to do that. “
The Guardian reported today that RIM (of Blackberry fame) had to resolve an “obscure bug”, which caused the BBC to suspended use of the mobile devices due to security concerns:
“Siemens, which provides the IT backbone for the BBC’s email system, was asked to close the Blackberry network last week after a Creative Futures senior management awayday at which users compared emails and discovered they were receiving messages not intended for them. The decision left around 300 BBC executives and programme makers frantically checking their ‘sent’ folders to make sure they had not inadvertently betrayed any confidences or criticised colleagues. Insiders said that while some of the rogue emails were potentially embarrassing, there were no serious leaks.”
Another interesting article from the TG Daily: “According to EFF attorneys, DOJ lawyers are ‘twisting’ existing laws such as CALEA and the Wiretap Act to obtain these warrants. Kevin Bankston, Staff Attorney with the EFF, says, ‘They are wholly misrepresenting the law. Some judges are calling them Hail Mary arguments.'”
The TG Daily writes “‘Dean Au, chief executive officer of AirMagnet, believes that Bluetooth devices will become a bigger target for hackers’ as the penetration of the technology grows. The software is able to provide a sense of security to users, he said: ‘BlueSweep gives Bluetooth users a way to know if their devices are vulnerable.'”