German authorities bungle wiretaps.

Steven Soroka ssoroka at richlu.com
Wed Nov 6 15:24:18 EST 2002


Which prompts the question, what the hell for?
Sounds like an incredible abuse of power.  Do you think they have 20,000
warrants to back that up?  If so, why is Germany so full of criminals?
hehehe.

> To: cryptography at wasabisystems.com
> Subject: German authorities bungle wiretaps.
>
>
> "German police have been forced to admit that dozens of criminal
> suspects had learned their phones were being tapped when the evidence
> showed up on their monthly phone bill."
> [...]
> "Telecommunications authorities said that nearly 20,000 lines were
> currently being tapped."
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2387269.stm
>
> --
> Perry E. Metzger		perry at piermont.com
---------------------------------------------------------------------
The Cryptography Mailing List
Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo at wasabisystems.com



More information about the cryptography mailing list