>It is striking, but unfortunately not surprising, that law enforcement has been allowed to use these technologies ... The last I heard that the FCC authorizat

>It is striking, but unfortunately not surprising, that law enforcement has been allowed to use these technologies ... The last I heard that the FCC authorization was only for use in emergency situations. If that is still the case then law enforcement has not been allowed to use these technologies in the way they actually do. Law enforcement has been doing off the books surveillance pretty much forever. It isn't likely they are going to suddenly stop. The article has it right, this is entirely a technical problem at heart...