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Sweden Admits Tapping Citizens' Phones for Decades

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the oh-well-if-you-have-already-been-doing-it dept.

paulraps writes "Sweden is close to implementing new surveillance legislation that will include the monitoring of emails, telephone calls and keyword searches using advanced pattern analysis. The objective is to detect 'threats such as terrorism, IT attacks or the spread of weapons of mass destruction' but the proposals have divided the country. In a misguided attempt to put people at ease, the government admitted that Sweden has been tapping its citizens' phones for decades anyway."

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  1. Doesn't really matter by WrecklessSandwich · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What good does this do them anyways? It's not like there's anything going on in those conversations besides BORK BORK BORK BORK BORK BORK BORK.