INSTANT WIRE TAPS: How the FBI Does It
Submitted by Rob Williams on Thu, 08/30/2007 – 10:06am.
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Maul Man says – So, Jason Bourne’s world is, in fact, the tip of the iceberg. From “Wired” magazine, courtesy of the ACME newswire. FOIA still lives – for now.
The FBI has quietly built a sophisticated, point-and-click surveillance system that performs instant wiretaps on almost any communications device, according to nearly a thousand pages of restricted documents newly released under the Freedom of Information Act.
The surveillance system, called DCSNet, for Digital Collection System Network, connects FBI wiretapping rooms to switches controlled by traditional land-line operators, internet-telephony providers and cellular companies. It is far more intricately woven into the nation’s telecom infrastructure than observers suspected.
It’s a “comprehensive wiretap system that intercepts wire-line phones, cellular phones, SMS and push-to-talk systems,” says Steven Bellovin, a Columbia University computer science professor and longtime surveillance expert.
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Makes it just a little too easy!
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