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That those mechanisms exist at all means they can and will be abused by people who do not go through those mechanisms. Isn't this true about traditional wireta
by an_account 11y ago
That those mechanisms exist at all means they can and will be abused by people who do not go through those mechanisms.
Isn't this true about traditional wiretaps as well? Yeah, a corrupt agent could illegally wiretap anyone's phone, but that certainly won't hold up in court.
- JoshTriplett 11y agoYes, that's true. And anyone who cares about the security of their phonecalls should be using encryption rather than POTS; for example, you could use Signal for encrypted phonecalls and SMSes. Warrant or not, unless there's a bug in the implementation, the only way you can tap that communication would be to compromise the endpoints (either electronically, or via a physical bug/tap on the device).