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CALEA doesn't force tech companies to build backdoors. It forces telecoms to allow for wiretaps. That's why the FBI is pushing so hard for CALEA 2 - to allow ba
by higherpurpose 12y ago
CALEA doesn't force tech companies to build backdoors. It forces telecoms to allow for wiretaps. That's why the FBI is pushing so hard for CALEA 2 - to allow backdoors in tech companies' products.
Whether they've already convinced some like Microsoft or Apple or Google to build backdoors for them, that's en entirely different matter. But they are not forced to do it.
- xnull2guest 12y agoI agree with this entire comment, though I would add that the Bush administration expanded telecommunications to include communications over digital switches. The other thing I would suggest is that convincing rather than forcing is NOT an entirely different matter, as the amount of leverage the United States Government has is insanely high. In practice companies are forced to by overwhelming incentives - legal, financial, and otherwise. If you are going to provide a wiretap you are going to provide it in the clear. That is a backdoor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine