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> Our government listens in on more calls every year than in the whole of the US combined. Are you saying your country talks on the phone more than the USA? Ev
by ChrisAntaki 13y ago
> Our government listens in on more calls every year than in the whole of the US combined.
Are you saying your country talks on the phone more than the USA? Every one of our phone calls gets recorded. Check out "Mark Klein", he's a whistleblower, formerly of AT&T.
- dirktheman 13y agoTo clarify: the number of subpoenas for phone taps is higher, not neccesarily the number of taps actually in place.
- digitalengineer 13y agoYeah if everything is recorded automatically you are of course number one. Officially (what our government tells us) Dutch detectives actively 'tap' into and listen to more phone conversations a month than their American colleagues do in a year. Source #1: Tweakers (Dutch) http://tweakers.net/nieuws/53705/dagelijks-bijna-1700-telefoontaps-in-nederland.html http://tweakers.net/nieuws/53705/dagelijks-bijna-1700-telefo... Source #2 National Dutch newspaper: http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/3259801/2012/05/23/Nederland-koploper-in-afluisteren-telefoons.dhtml http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detai...