Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.'"

2 of 387 comments (clear)

  1. So.... by kclittle · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I have to pay to have my privacy invaded!? Sigh!...

    --
    Generally, bash is superior to python in those environments where python is not installed.
  2. nothing new by gandalphthegreen · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You're going to pay for this anyway. Maybe not upfront; in fact, maybe it's part of the government's budget. But guess who provides that?