Researchers say that wiretapping equipment standards aren't up to the task
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.
ISPs would be required to retains data for online services they don't directly provide
The U.K. government said Monday it plans to push for a law requiring service providers such as ISPs to retain data about instant messages, e-mail and other electronic communications.
AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein tells how he exposed a warrantless wiretapping program in his new book
They sometimes call national security the third rail of politics. Touch it and, politically, you're dead.
Police access stored conversations for the first time
Criminal arrests made under more powerful wiretapping laws have increase by 96 percent following reforms that make it easier for police to intercept and access telecommunications.