StevieO
November 13th, 2005, 06:28 AM
Cybercops, cyber-FBI
Domestically, the Cyber Division faces additional non-crime-related challenges from private enterprise over disclosure of hacks and privacy advocates concerned over Internet wiretaps.
"There's still a concern [among private enterprise] that reporting [hacks] will put them at a competitive disadvantage," Martinez said. "We have an ongoing dialogue with them about what [type of information] would be helpful."
As for wiretaps, Martinez warns in the finest G-man tradition that the FBI will "get the job done, no matter what."
Civil libertarians and privacy advocates have gone to court to block a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order for all Voice over IP (define) providers to make their systems compliant with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).
The law requires telephone companies to build a standard wiretap backdoor into their systems.
Martinez said the FBI will "deploy [wiretaps] by whatever means available" in the event of a court defeat. "There are some tech issues but none that can't be overcome," he said.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/11.13.2005/1624/
StevieO
Domestically, the Cyber Division faces additional non-crime-related challenges from private enterprise over disclosure of hacks and privacy advocates concerned over Internet wiretaps.
"There's still a concern [among private enterprise] that reporting [hacks] will put them at a competitive disadvantage," Martinez said. "We have an ongoing dialogue with them about what [type of information] would be helpful."
As for wiretaps, Martinez warns in the finest G-man tradition that the FBI will "get the job done, no matter what."
Civil libertarians and privacy advocates have gone to court to block a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order for all Voice over IP (define) providers to make their systems compliant with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).
The law requires telephone companies to build a standard wiretap backdoor into their systems.
Martinez said the FBI will "deploy [wiretaps] by whatever means available" in the event of a court defeat. "There are some tech issues but none that can't be overcome," he said.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/11.13.2005/1624/
StevieO