Reminder: Monday is Wiretap the Internet Day

Kevin Poulsen notes on Threat Level — Wired Blogs that

May 14th is the offi­cial dead­line for cable modem com­pa­nies, DSL providers, broad­band over pow­er­line, satel­lite inter­net com­pa­nies and some uni­ver­si­ties to fin­ish wiring up their net­works with FBI-​​friendly sur­veil­lance gear, to com­ply with the FCC’s expanded inter­pre­ta­tion of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.

What is CALEA, you ask?

• Wikipedia: Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation: CALEA.
• And from the pro-​​CALEA camp: CALEA Online.
• “Wiretaps in the Internet Age,” a paper I wrote with back­ground on CALEA and wire­tap­ping in general.