Dutch Gov't Has No Idea How To Delete Tapped Calls

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 22, 2009 @08:41PM from the these-days-neither-do-the-swiss dept.

McDutchie writes "The law in the Netherlands says that intercepted phone calls between attorneys and their clients must be destroyed. But the Dutch government has been keeping under wraps for years that no one has the foggiest clue how to delete them (Google translation). Now, an email (PDF) from the National Police Services Agency (KLPD) has surfaced, revealing that the working of the technology in question is a NetApp trade secret. The Dutch police are now trying to get their Israeli supplier Verint to tell them how to delete tapped calls and comply with the law. Meanwhile, attorneys in the Netherlands remain afraid to use their phones."

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Just put an average user at the console ... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-22 21:08 · Score: 5, Funny

... and tell them that there's no way they could ever delete anything. Trust me, they'll find a way.
Re:You can't make this stuff up by rvw · 2009-10-22 22:06 · Score: 4, Funny

I thought a Dutch Delete only applied to torrents?
No no! The Dutch Police used to share all phone taps via torrents, and now they don't know how to delete those. That's the real reason why The Pirate Bay should be shut down.
Re:Nuke it from orbit its the only way to be sure by Linker3000 · 2009-10-22 23:37 · Score: 4, Funny

Store the data on your Sidekick device?

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