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Pay To Have Your Phone Tapped

Posted by michael on from the insult-to-injury dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Globe and Mail is running an interesting story over who should carry the cost of wiretapping (registration may be required): 'Canada's police chiefs propose a surcharge of about 25 cents on monthly telephone and Internet bills to cover the cost of tapping into the communications of terrorists and other criminals.'"

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  1. Hey cool! I hate money anyway. by theluckyleper · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've also been looking for someone to kick me in the nuts, for $10/hr. Any takers?

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  2. User pays system by syousef · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only charge those who are being wiretapped. That way they can see the charge in their bill, know they're being tapped, and stop using that phone line to conduct their illegal activies. This ultimately reduces the cost of wire tapping to zero. ;-)

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