Does anyone know of commercially-available software that can search audio files or streams for specific words? [more inside]
posted by GhostintheMachine on Apr 20, 2009 - 2 answers

After watching this season's "The Wire," I wondered if police wiretapping could be thwarted by OpenVPN and an Asterisk box? [more inside]
posted by geoff. on May 5, 2008 - 16 answers

Is there a way for me to cancel my iPhone contract because of the fact that AT&T has been wiretapping customers? [more inside]
posted by lukeomalley on Mar 7, 2008 - 19 answers

I used to have one of those old VCRs where you had to tune each channel in by hand. It had a set of tiny little dials that let you scan the entire TV spectrum (and beyond?). When the cable wire was plugged in, I could tune in some bizzare things in the audio: rhythmic clicking, low pulses, and most interestingly, other people's phone calls. I assume I was picking up cordless phones, but how did this work? Did the cable system act as a giant antenna all over town? Has this phenomenon ever been documented anywhere?
posted by stopgap on Apr 10, 2006 - 6 answers

Say you wanted to organize a protest re: Bush's warrantless wiretapping... [more inside]
posted by Ash3000 on Feb 13, 2006 - 10 answers

Why was Alberto Gonzales not under oath before the Senate Judiciary Committee? Specific legal nuances are what I'm looking for. [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Feb 9, 2006 - 12 answers