I think the difference between the Netherlands and other countries is that the Netherlands is quite open about the amount of phone taps they place. You'd be cra

I think the difference between the Netherlands and other countries is that the Netherlands is quite open about the amount of phone taps they place. You'd be crazy to think other countries don't tap phone lines at the same rate or worse. As bad as the surveillance situation here is, it's still better than the situation in the UK, of that I'm sure. Unfortunately, I can't find any very recent data about wiretaps in the UK. The 2023 report (https://ipco-wpmedia-prod-s3.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/E03270100-HC_603-IPCO-Annual-Report-2023-Web_Accessible.pdf https://ipco-wpmedia-prod-s3.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/E032...) shows a sharp rise in communications data applications (441,900 in 2023 alone) but those can range from single phone calls to months of data collection. The Dutch reports only claim 5397+1258 phone taps in 2024, but those don't say anything about their daily volume. If your government's wiretaps per capita is lower, double check that they're not using coded language to exclude most of their activities, and if the numbers are much lower, think twice before taking them for their word.