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The number of times the Dutch police have legally tapped telephone and internet lines may vastly exceed that of others such as the U.S. because the U.S. (thinks
by MisterWebz 13y ago
The number of times the Dutch police have legally tapped telephone and internet lines may vastly exceed that of others such as the U.S. because the U.S. (thinks it) doesn't need a warrant and as such it's not being logged as a wiretap.
Some numbers of Dutch wiretaps: http://www.thehollandbureau.com/2010/03/07/the-netherlands-champion-in-national-surveillance/ http://www.thehollandbureau.com/2010/03/07/the-netherlands-c...
- declan 13y agoThanks for the citation. Excerpt from the article: "That is 1681 per day. 84% of this tapping concerned mobile phones. Compare this with the news that there were 2208 taps in the United States in the whole of 2007." It's comparing like to like. Neither numbers include intelligence-related surveillance, only domestic criminal law enforcement. The Dutch are wiretap-happy and the U.S., thanks to Title III, is relatively restrained.
- MisterWebz 13y agoThe ability to intercept the communications of anyone on the internet without a warrant is relatively restrained? Do you even have a source for your claims? How exactly are you comparing the two?
- declan 13y agoThe U.S. courts publish non-intelligence wiretap stats per year: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=us+courts+annual+wiretap+statistics+2012 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=us+courts+annual+wiretap+statistics+201... Intelligence gathering is rather different.
- pavs 13y agoWhy would you bother to wiretap, when you can listen to everyone, or get far more information through other means of data collection?