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This happens in every single "free" country. People should care, but no one does.

• kjksf 16y ago
  In which other countries, exactly, does that happen? UK? Canada? Sweden?
  • thematt 16y ago
    Actually, yes...all those minus Sweden. The US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand all cooperate together. See the Ecehlon program: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echelon_%28signals_intelligence%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echelon_%28signals_intelligence...
    • Joakal 16y ago
      Oddly enough, I hear rumours that it's a spy program on businesses, not people.
      • ceejayoz 16y ago
        Spying on businesses generally involves spying on their people.
    • cpach 16y ago
      The Swedish state has been engaged in widespread wiretapping for many years. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRA_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRA_law
    • JonnieCache 16y ago
      >Echelon Get with the programme ;) The new hotness in european wiretapping is called the INDECT project. Here's a presentation from CCC where a representative of one of the firms contracted to build it gets into an argument with the assembled hackers during the Q&A. It's pretty entertaining. http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2010/27c3-4237-en-indect_eu_surveillance_project.html http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2010/27c3-4237-en-indect...