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wiretappingA form of eavesdropping involving physical connection to the communications channels to breach the confidentiality of communications. For example, many poorly-secured buildings have unprotected telephone wiring closets where intruders may connect unauthorized wires to listen in on phone conversations and data communications. See ECPA. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| With individuals directly tapped and others who conversed with people whose phones were wiretapped eligible for the suit, the number of plaintiffs could rise into the thousands. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office wiretapped people without the required notification and withheld that information from defendants, but the omissions were not deliberate nor an overt attempt to skirt a court order, Superior Court Judge Larry P. Jasomi Networks today unveiled a powerful new Legal Intercept technology framework that addresses a key challenge for VoIP call carriers trying to meet the FCC's CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) regulations: how to provide authorities with the same kind of wiretapped information they currently get from older-style circuit-switched telephony networks. |
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