A carrier is not responsible for decrypting, or ensuring the government's ability to decrypt, a communication encrypted by a subscriber unless the carrier provided the encryption and has the information needed to decrypt it.
Checked 2026-10-02
- Vendor
- not restricted
- Product
- not restricted
- Subsystem
- limitations
- Deployment
- carrier
- Region
- us
- Release range
- current as of 2026-10-02
- Checked
- 2026-10-02
Sources
- 47 U.S. Code § 1002 - Assistance capability requirements — Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (text of the U.S. Code) · tier 1 standards and regulators · 47 USC 1002(b)(3)
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). CALEA and lawful intercept for VoIP providers and enterprises: source note calea-lawful-intercept-voip-encryption-carrier-supplied. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/calea-lawful-intercept-voip-encryption-carrier-supplied
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-calea-lawful-intercept-voip-encryption-carrier-supplied,
title = {CALEA and lawful intercept for VoIP providers and enterprises: source note calea-lawful-intercept-voip-encryption-carrier-supplied},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/calea-lawful-intercept-voip-encryption-carrier-supplied},
note = {Source note calea-lawful-intercept-voip-encryption-carrier-supplied, checked 2026-10-02}
}