Wiretaps

Welcome to the 'Wiretaps' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'Wiretaps'.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Wiretaps”

• Bush Administration Was Afraid It Would Have To Admit Telcos Hel...

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 164
  With the EFF finally successful in getting the federal govt to hand over some lobbying documents involved in the process of granting telcos total immunity in lawsuits over warrantless wiretapping, the press is starting to go through the documents. read more
  5 hours ago

• How to DDOS a federal wiretap

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 144
  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they’ve discovered a way to circumvent the networking technology used by law enforcement to tap phone lines in the U.S.The flaws they’ve found “represent a serious threat to the accuracy and completeness of wiretap records used for both criminal investigation ...
  2 days ago

• How to DDOS a federal wiretap

  
  The Gates of Hell — Authority: 134
  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they’ve discovered a way to circumvent the networking technology used by law enforcement to tap phone lines in the U.S. The flaws they’ve found “represent a serious threat to the accuracy and completeness of wiretap records used for both criminal ...
  3 days ago

• A single smartphone can DoS federal wiretaps

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
  [IMG: http://www.family-learning-center.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/9b38e_smartphone_wiretap_ars-thumb-230x130-9798-f.jpg]
  3 days ago

• A single smartphone can DoS federal wiretaps

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 456
  As the telecommunications world went wireless and digital, the tried-and-true method law enforcement agencies used for wiretaps—splicing into the local loop—was in danger of becoming an anachronism. In 1994, Congress passed the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act , which required telecommunications ...
  3 days ago

• A single smartphone can DoS federal wiretaps

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 755
  As the telecommunications world went wireless and digital, the tried-and-true method law enforcement agencies used for wiretaps—splicing into the local loop—was in danger of becoming an anachronism. In 1994, Congress passed the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act , which required telecommunications ...
  3 days ago

• Government Will Release Some Telco Wiretap Lobbying Documents – Though they’ll protect AT&T and Verizon company identities

  
  remove the labels | Gadgets and Life — Authority: 136
  A Federal Judge has demanded, three times now, that the Obama Administration hand over documents that highlight how major phone companies AT&T and Verizon lobbied for legal immunity for their involvement in the government’s warrantless wiretap program. The government, with no real legal footing to stand on, has ...
  6 days ago

• Civil Lib Groups Endorse H.R. 3845, American Lib Assoc. Issues Action Alert

  
  banned librarian — Authority: 408
  A coalition of 20 civil liberties organizations, including the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), released a letter today endorsing the USA Patriot Amendments Act (H.R. 3845) and pointing out the failures of the Senate’s PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act (S. 1692). As their names suggest, the Amendments ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hey, even the FBI gets telemarketing calls

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 691
  Yep, it’s true. Even the G-men who are trying to track down criminals get calls from those pesky telemarketers. Buried in a 160-page report by the U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine was a little nugget that the Federal Bureau of Investigation apparently has been receiving calls from ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wiretaps on Wall Street

  
  Sense on Cents — Authority: 561
  “Leave the gun, take the cannoli.” The world of organized crime evokes thoughts of payoffs, extortion, racketeering, and wiretaps. Are regulators now utilizing tools previously relegated to infiltrating the backroom dealings of the underworld to discover illegal activities on Wall Street? Yes, they are. The ...
  3 weeks ago

• Galleon Wiretaps Rattle Hedge Funds as Insider Trading Targeted

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 151
  by Katherine Burton and Richard GlovinOct. 26 (Bloomberg) – First came the biggest bear market since the 1930s, then Bernard Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme and the threat of increased regulation. Now hedge funds have a new concern: getting caught on tape as the government expands its use of wiretaps to ferret ...
  3 weeks ago

• First of the Day: Wiretaps used to reveal insider trading

  
  Simply Appalling — Authority: 107
  Federal prosecutors on Friday unveiled a broad criminal case against billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam and five others accused of netting more than $20 million in profits by trading based on inside information about the stocks of Google and other companies. Prosecutors described the case as a new, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Ill be like Martha f---ing Stewart!

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 164
  Getting caught like Martha Stewart seemed a bad thing to accused inside trader Danielle Chiesi. "Im dead if this leaks. I really am . . . and my career is over. Ill be like Martha f- - -ing Stewart," she allegedly said on wiretaps...Dont the door to your jail cell hit ya on the way in.
  4 weeks ago

• Insider Trading: Raj Rajaratnam Of Hedge Fund Galleon Group Charged

  
  Phil's Favorites - By Ilene — Authority:
  Insider Trading: Raj Rajaratnam Of Hedge Fund Galleon Group Charged Courtesy of Market Folly Raj Rajaratnam, founder of hedge fund Galleon Group has been charged with insider trading in a $20 million case as he and five other people were allegedly involved, including a former Bear Stearns executive and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Regulation and Competition Among Mortgage Brokers | Cato @ Liberty

  
  Mortgage online — Authority: 159
  With the House Financial Services Committee moving forward with a bill to increase the regulation of our consumer credit markets, particularly our mortgage market, it is worth asking the question: whats the best protection for ...
  4 weeks ago

• Court: Uncle Sam Must Hand Over Immunity Lobbying Docs – Judge denies Uncle Sam’s third stalling attempt…

  
  remove the labels | Gadgets and Life — Authority: 136
  As we mentioned last week a U.S. Judge has repeatedly demanded that Uncle Sam hand over documents highlighting how AT&T and Verizon lobbied the government for immunity from prosecution in their role in the government’s warrantless wiretapping program. But the Obama administration lawyers have repeatedly tried ...
  4 weeks ago

• Court Says No To Feds Attempt To Delay Handing Over Lobbying Inf...

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 164
  After a court ordered the White House to hand over info on who lobbied for getting telco immunity over warrantless wiretaps, the administration has been trying hard to stall . It first asked for a 60 day delay, in order to think about filing an appeal. That was denied. Then it asked for a 30 day delay for the same ...
  4 weeks ago

• Retroactive Immunity Repeal Act

  
  The SideTrack — Authority: 121
  Become a citizen co-sponsor, via Chris Dodd : Last year, Congress made a grave mistake when it passed a bill granting immunity to telecommunications companies that allegedly aided the Bush administrations warrantless wiretapping program. Its up to you and me to fix that mistake. ...
  6 weeks ago

• Senate battle brewing: surveillance vs privacy

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 691
  A battle appeared to be emerging in the U.S. Senate over extending terrorism surveillance methods versus bolstering privacy protections. The Obama administration wants to extend three key surveillance techniques adopted in the Patriot Act law after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to track terrorism suspects. They ...
  8 weeks ago

• Patriot Act Provisions Get Obama Support (wheres the ACLU now?)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  The Justice Department has indicated that the Obama administration is in support of renewing a pair of controversial sections of the USA Patriot Act that expire later this year. The provisions that will expire in December include Section 206, that allows "roving" wiretaps so FBI agents can tap multiple phones or ...
  8 weeks ago

Comments about Wiretaps