August 23, 2004

The New York Times %3E Technology %3E The Call Is Cheap. The Wiretap Is Extra.

The monitoring of call origins, destinations and content is a crucial and legitimate law enforcement and terrorist snagging need. The costs to do so must be paid and the resultant prices for service will be higher than without this capacity.

The real dilemma comes from the P2P technologies like Skype. Criminals and terrorists aren't dumb. P2P will be their technology of choice.

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