Feds Fund VoIP Tapping Research

by Declan McCullagh CNET News.com, 9 Aug 2005 The federal government is funding the development of a prototype surveillance tool by George Mason University researchers who have discovered a novel way to trace Internet phone conversations. Their project is designed to let police identify whether suspects under surveillance have been communicating through voice over Internet Protocol -- information that would be unavailable today if people choose to communicate surreptitiously. Read more