nU.S. Congress
response to law enforcement was to pass laws
mandating that telephone companies guarantee
wiretap access to their customers’ communications
nCommunications
Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), Oct.
’94
nFBI
said $150M-$500M in ’92-94
nIndustry
said cost would be $3B in ’94
nAs
of ’98, est. $8B/year, $12M per wiretap
nCALEA still isn’t a
reality (cost, tech difficulty)
nCALEA doesn’t help
if the bits themselves are encrypted! FBI needed something else…