This is, in my opinion, a perfect example of why blanket monitoring policies do not and will never work. Tapping all phone communications is a violation of our civil rights and should not be tolerated for any reason.

The official protocol for providing US law enforcement with the ability to monitor and record calls in the digital era was a product of compromise and, according to new research, it shows: an enterprising hacker could have a wealth of tools to interfere with the monitoring.

A single smartphone can DoS federal wiretaps – Ars Technica.