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I wonder how much it will take until countries will require Telecom companies to transcribe and store all the phone calls for a "limited time period" of, let's
by tudorconstantin 9y ago
I wonder how much it will take until countries will require Telecom companies to transcribe and store all the phone calls for a "limited time period" of, let's say, 6 months, for "our security".
And then run algorithms on these texts to classify the conversations into "potentially crime related discussions" classes.
- supertrope 9y agoIt wouldn’t surprise me if this is de-classified technology or the top secret parents have expired. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/04/telephone-calls-recorded-fbi-boston https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/04/teleph...
- caseysoftware 9y agoIf they force the carriers to do it, then they likely have to deal with subpoenas or other documentation. If the government (of any country) does it themselves, that's way easier - https://infogalactic.com/info/ECHELON https://infogalactic.com/info/ECHELON
- aviv 9y agoCompanies are already asking for this themselves. There's huge demand for all-calls voice transcription, and companies are willing to pay for it.
- gregsadetsky 9y agoDo you know of specific demand? Would you mind contacting me (gs @ my HN username .com) to chat about this? Thanks!
- ClassyJacket 9y agoThe hard part isn't even me or you using end-to-end encrypted services, the hard part is getting the majority of people to care enough that they do.