Building standardized wiretap backdoors into Internet telephone systems is a bad idea that will lead to increased cyber security concerns. “The network architectures of the Internet and the public switched telephone network (PSTN) are substantially different,” the report states. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said VoIP calls are no different than traditional telephone service when it comes to wiretap laws. At issue is the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), a 1994 law mandating traditional telephone companies build their technology in specific ways in order to make wiretapping easier for law enforcement officials.