How much are your private conversations worth to the U.S. government? Turns out, it can be a lot, depending on the technology. In the era of intense government surveillance and secret court orders, a murky multimillion-dollar market has emerged. Paid for by U.S. tax dollars, but with little public scrutiny, surveillance fees charged in secret by technology and phone companies can vary wildly. AT&T, for example, imposes a $325 "activation fee" for each wiretap and $10 a day to maintain it. Smaller carriers Cricket and U.S. Cellular charge only about $250 per wiretap. But snoop on a Verizon customer? That costs the government $775 for the first month and $500 each month after that, according to industry disclosures made last year to Congressman Edward Markey. huffingtonpost/2013/07/10/government-wiretap_n_3571422.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl24%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D342024
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:47:57 +0000
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