Internet Phone Calls Crippling Fight Against Terrorism -Sean O'Neill & Richard Ford
The huge growth in Internet telephone traffic is jeopardizing the capability of police to investigate crime, senior sources have told The Times.
As more and more phone calls are routed over the web - using software such as Skype - police are losing the ability to track who has called whom, from where, and for how long. Unlike phone companies, which retain call data for billing purposes, Internet call companies have no reason to keep the material.
(Times-UK)
The huge growth in Internet telephone traffic is jeopardizing the capability of police to investigate crime, senior sources have told The Times.
As more and more phone calls are routed over the web - using software such as Skype - police are losing the ability to track who has called whom, from where, and for how long. Unlike phone companies, which retain call data for billing purposes, Internet call companies have no reason to keep the material.
(Times-UK)
2 comments:
Interesting. I wonder if they knew it would work this way, or if it just worked out this way after they sought out the absolute cheapest way to make these calls.
Hah. What an intreging problem, and unintended effect of the technology: criminals are safer...oy.
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