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Buggy Bugging Backfires On German Police

Posted by timothy on from the wer-spricht dept.

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."

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  1. Um.....That Sux by syntheticsanityOS · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Um.......i guess we have no rights online or on the phone, at least they don't.