The original post: /r/privacy by /u/Kishibe-pants on 2025-03-13 07:33:25.

I’ve got a friend of mine whose lawyer alerted him saying that his phone calls are being intercepted (wiretapped).

I’m not sure whether he’s got 4g or 5g but for the time being I’ll ask about 4G (he’s also got an IPhone)

Previously, I was under the impression that modern-day encryption is pretty good, and therefore made telecommunication interception warrants less valuable as opposed to surveillance device warrants. (I.e. they need spyware to see encrypted communications) to further support this, the continuously growing industry of “Lawful intercept” spyware has made me believe that the standard Telecommunication interception warrants are falling out of favour.

Would 4G based phone calls still be intercepted? From some quick researching I found the answers for and against wiretapping 4G.