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Buggy Bugging Backfires On German Police
Alethes writes "The BBC is reporting that German police have been caught bugging cellphones at the expense of criminal suspects who found a unknown and inaccessible voicemail number listed on their bills that was being used to record calls. Telecommunications authorities said that nearly 20,000 lines were currently being tapped."
what's the German translation for "Do'h!"
Now they've given Ashcroft an idea to both monitor possible terrorists AND increase revenue for the US govertment...
:)
Record all of their conversations in voicemails, then charge them for the priviledge. Go Patriot Act!
It's listed on their bills... I just hope they weren't charged for it.
If it had happened in England the subject could have been, "Buggy Bugging Backfires On British Bobbies."
Slashdotter are stupid and biased.
no wonder the germans were dumb enough to get caught doing this...i mean, c'mon, they never caught onto the old radio transister in the coffee pot routine...
"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true." - Homer Simpson
They should have read that SP3 EULA more carefully.
"...GIVES US THE RIGHT TO BLOW ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS"
This would have never happened back in the good old days of Hitler!
Very funny. My grandfather died in Auschwitz.
He got drunk and fell out of his guard tower.
Most of the paswords are simple, such as "1-2-3-4-5"
That's the same combination I have on my luggage!
"You get what you pay for after all." --
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb! - Dark Helmet
TODO: Something witty here...
The charge had been listed as a phone sex number, there wouldn't have been a problem.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
From Germans to everyone:
All your calls are belong to us.
Its funny how in Germany they seem to want to charge the customer were in the UK all the mobile teco's got pissed off with requests for duplicate bill's from the police (which have all call's made and when) that they started charging them.
Obliteracy: Words with explosions
OK, one more...
If this happened in Amish country, it could read, "Buggy buggy bugging backfires in bucolic backwoods blunder".
I promise not to post for the rest of the day.
Maybe the German police would say something like:
"Das cellphones ist nicht usen fur trakken das badfolken. Das policen ist nicht snoopen das folken a la 3rd Reich. Relaxen und watchen das bills increasen. And Kwitchurbelliaken."
Zey have vays ov making you pay forr it!
RMN
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Funny Germans.
Indeed. My wife is half German and half Mexican. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I never realized how quickly I'd get tired of sauerkraut tacos.
you mean Destroyee, don't you?
The US government/law enforcement/intelligence agencies would never use their powers to spy on people. Aren't you a PATRIOT?
-Puk
Why receivers? Most mobile conversations are clearly audible at least 100 yards away.