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Does Wiretapping Require Cell Company Cooperation?

Posted by timothy on from the plumb-the-depths-of-your-cynicism dept.

decora writes "Recently the dictator of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, accidentally admitted to wiretapping journalist Irina Khalip. Khalip is the wife of Andrei Sannikov, one of the many opposition presidential candidates who was imprisoned after the election in 2010. I am wondering how Lukashenko did this? Can a government tap a modern cellphone system without the company knowing? Or would it require cooperation, like when AT&T and others helped the NSA perform warrantless wiretapping on Americans?"

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  1. Not too concerned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    My opinion is if you aren't doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about. If it helps put criminals and terrorists away....have at it!!!

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  2. Re:Kinda by Fluffeh · · Score: 3, Funny

    Expecting ethical behavior from a corporation is like a duck expecting a piggyback ride across a lake from an alligator.

    Which is not to say that it will never happen it is just unlikely....?

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