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Re:SBF Caught Using VPN While Awaiting Criminal Trial [pdf] by joshspankit on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @08:32PM (#34813768)
Sounds like for transparency there should be another photo added to the article: the (probably ominous) currently-used “internet pen register”.
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Re:SBF Caught Using VPN While Awaiting Criminal Trial [pdf] by Animats on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @10:57PM (#34814805)
Look up "CALEA", the US law that requires telecom and internet providers to build in wiretapping. It's mostly software in routers, but there's something called a "CALEA Mediation Device", which is the interface between the network and the wiretapping agency. Here's one: [1]

[1] https://www.shoghicom.com/fixed-line-lawful-interception.php

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