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British tabloids have a long history of hiring people who have access to law enforcement tools in order to intercept private communications: https://www.theguar
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British tabloids have a long history of hiring people who have access to law enforcement tools in order to intercept private communications: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/21/privacy2 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/21/privacy2
One 150-year-old newspaper, News of the World, shut down in 2011 when it came out that they'd hacked the voicemail of a murder victim and, prior to that, several British military personnel who were killed in action. It wasn't publicized as to whether this was done via spoofing or via access to law enforcement tools.
- olliej 3y agoshut down with no jail time. because they listened to the voicemail the family of the victim thought the victim may have been alive. no jail time means none of the people doing this will stop. no meaningful financial penalties mean no businesses will stop, and no jail time for executives that approved it means they'll remain ok with it.