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12/17/2005 Archived Entry: "Vulnerabilities in wiretapping systems"

You'll want to grab a copy of this paper (PDF) before it gets yanked from the Internet. Some researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that many wiretapping systems used by law enforcement are vulnerable to a variety of countermeasures and spoofing attacks. It's a bit technical but, to a techie, a fascinating read...and probably scary as hell to those who wish to monitor your every call. (HTML summary here.)  —brad