[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=CDMA ENG][quote=spdrun]Agreed it’s a problem.
There should be limits on data retention. A government agent deliberately circumventing those limits should be punishable by a year in general prison population for each instance.[/quote]
There is… It called CALEA… Whether or not your government has it or not the phone companies do… retaining the last seven years of your positional, text, and call profiles.
It just means the cops has to go a little extra step.
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Having that telcos keep the data is not as bad. The government can’t rummage through the data unfettered. They have to ask for the data of suspects.[/quote]
Electronic intercept cannot happened without a warrant. We have huge department that solely deals with subpoenas.
Remember that in all of this none of the actually voice conversation is recorded.
The requirement is seven years of records per subscriber.
Don’t do dirt with a cell phone your pocket…
Now they don’t even have to come in to do their wire tap. We just have the system dial them directly. If the criminal has a tap… It wring the calling party on the surveillance team directly.