Arguing Against CALEA

A blog post argues that the 1994 CALEA wiretap-mandate is ill-suited to modern infrastructure and highlights reporting that a China-linked APT known as Salt Typhoon breached AT&T, Lumen, and Verizon to access systems used to facilitate government wiretaps, potentially enabling large-scale collection of U.S. internet traffic; the author warns such compromises illustrate an expanded attack surface and urges rethinking CALEA requirements and protections.