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The Telcos have been documented to be in bed with the government for almost as long as they have existed [1].

[1] http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2022653...



Part of that is by diktat - the CALEA law means that they're obligated to have backdoors for law enforcement. This is probably the angle that the feds are trying for, to get things like iMessage covered under the same law.


Note that 'electronic storage', 'electronic communications' and 'remote computing services' are already required.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2703




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