New 4G mobile phone networks that promise Voice-over-IP calls and faster data transfer will be great for ordinary users, but could cause a headache for the FBI. That's according to a newly released document from the US law enforcement agency, which says the amount of data being transmitted over wireless networks is set to increase, making it harder for agents to reliably gain the intelligence they need.
This is just one of the insights found in the Emerging Technologies Research Bulletin, a quarterly FBI newsletter produced by the agency's Operational Technology Division. The Federation of American Scientists used the Freedom of Information Act to acquire a copy of the unclassified document, though some sections on the impact of new technology on law enforcement were redacted by the FBI.
Other technologies covered in the newsletter include cloud computing, anonymising services like Tor, and gesture recognition devices like Kinect - an area that is "definitely one to watch", according to the document.
The FBI is also worried about counterfeit devices. One section begins "With features that permit two phone numbers to ring on the same device, many fake iPhones eliminate the need for two phones; this allows the..." - the rest of the paragraph is redacted, but it's likely that agents are worried about criminals communicating in secret. It also seems that real iPhones can go too far even for the FBI, with the newsletter calling an Apple patent on using voice and facial recognition to lock down a stolen iPhone "Big Brother-ish".
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