Topic: The prices police pays for wiretapping you phone (Read 676 times)
Thanks for the interesting article.This is certainly an eye opener for me to understand why my taxes are being squandered (on surveillance). The UK will have a much higher surveillance bill (It's the home of Big Brother-the TV show and the surveillance state) than the US lol
Just found out about this
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/04/03/these-are-the-prices-att-verizon-and-sprint-charge-for-cellphone-wiretaps/
Will be interesting to know how much European telecos charge for this too
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Earlier this week the American Civil Liberties Union revealed a trove of documents it had obtained through Freedom of Information Requests to more than 200 police departments around the country. They show a pattern of police tracking cell phone locations and gathering other data like call logs without warrants, using devices that impersonate cell towers to intercept cellular signals, and encouraging officers to refrain from speaking about cell-tracking technology...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/04/03/these-are-the-prices-att-verizon-and-sprint-charge-for-cellphone-wiretaps/
Will be interesting to know how much European telecos charge for this too
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