The other side of this is that mobile networks are national infrastructure.
The concept of "lawful intercept" is baked into the networks from a fundamental standpoint.
This might be a reason why there's less care about these things.
The concept of "lawful intercept" is baked into the networks from a fundamental standpoint.
This might be a reason why there's less care about these things.
At least for police powers. For intelligence agencies, sure.
Anything that gets standardized will see wide use. What if the standardization picks a technology you are a market leader in? What if the standardization picks a technology you have a patent on? Yeah, you will be forced to let people license the patent. But you will be getting licensing fees.