Wired recently published an article stating: Gogo, the provider flight Wi-Fi, is used by millions of airline passengers every year to stay connected while flying the friendly skies. But if you think along government monitoring arm has no vertical reach, think again.
Gogo and others that offer Wi-Fi on planes must follow the same wiretap provisions requiring telecom and terrestrial Internet service providers to assist law enforcement US and NSA as tracking users when so ordered. But they can do more than the law requires.
According to Gogo letter submitted to the Federal Communications Commission, the company has voluntarily exceeded the requirements of the Communications Assistance Act for law enforcement, or CALEA, adding features to its service request the application of the law. The revelation alarms civil liberties groups, who say the companies should not be cut deals with the government that can improve the ability to monitor or track users.
"CALEA itself is a massive violation of user rights," said Peter Eckersley of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "Having the ISP [now] who say that CALEA is not enough, we will be even more intrusive in what we collect on people is, frankly, outrageous."
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