交大法學評論 (Sep 2022)
論網路通訊監察之水平式分階段規制──以「食肉獸系統」為主要檢討素材 The Study on the Horizontal Phased Regulation of Internet Surveillance ―Taking the “Carnivore System” as the Main Material for Review
Abstract
本文指出，現行通訊保障及監察法（通保法）於立法之初係以中央系統通訊傳輸作為制度設計之前提，導致其在本質上難以對應分散系統通訊傳輸之規制需求。而網路傳輸即分散系統之典型例，故本文以有網路封包補食器之稱的食肉獸系統（進行通訊監察之一種科技手段）作為主要檢討素材，藉以釐清問題之所在。再以此為前提，聚焦於數位匯流之技術性特徵，改從跨巨庫觀點為進一步的綜合分析。所謂跨巨庫，係指以數位匯流技術為代表的各類情報通訊科學技術，搭配上各式各樣的感知器或探測器乃至於各種端末，而得讓各類不同的資料庫具有可跨虛擬與實境之無限連結可能性，藉此生成一個可不斷有機成長的跨領域之巨大資料庫。政府利用此一既存的跨巨庫現象來進行偵查時，可區分為四階段，即A設備裝置階段、B取得資訊階段、C儲存累積階段、D照合分析階段，此即所謂跨巨庫觀點。本文擬由此觀點進一步深入剖析，並提出所謂水平式分階段規制論（即區分上述A、B、C、D各階段分別進行不同的規制），最後以之為據，針對現行通保法提出具體之修法建言。 This article points out that the current Communication Security and Surveillance Act (CSSA) was originally based on a centralized system as its prerequisite for legislation, so it is essentially unable to cope with the problems of decentralized systems. Because the Internet is a typical example of a decentralized system, this paper takes the Carnivore System (a technological method for internet surveillance) known as a packet sniffer as the main material to clarify the problem. With this as the premise, this article focuses on the technical characteristics of digital convergence, and change it from the perspective of “the across-giant-database” to further comprehensive analysis. With the development and popularization of information technology and various sensors, everyday life in the modern world is often inseparable from a variety of giant databases that have unlimited possibility of connecting the virtual and the real world. This is the aforementioned “the across-giant database”. “The across-giant-database” as an investigative method can be divided into four stages: A stage-equipment installation, B stage-getting information, C stage-storage accumulation, and D stage-conformity analysis. This is the so-called cross-big library view. This article further analyzes this point of view and puts forward the so-called horizontal phased regulation theory to make specific suggestions for amending the current law.
