Comment on Chinese government dropping phone calls if forbidden words are saidComments−smokeyj15yWho writes the software that enables phones to be tapped into? Even the U.S taps into phones, how is this feature protected? I imagine code has to be written to allow someone to listen in your convo, is that IN the droid OS or iOS?−JonnieCache15yWiretapping isn't done in the handset. As the name suggests, it happens on the wire. At the exchange, in actuality.−d2zo15ySee also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2348156
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Who writes the software that enables phones to be tapped into? Even the U.S taps into phones, how is this feature protected? I imagine code has to be written to allow someone to listen in your convo, is that IN the droid OS or iOS?
Wiretapping isn't done in the handset. As the name suggests, it happens on the wire. At the exchange, in actuality.
See also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2348156