From
The Telegraph:
Government agencies are able to listen to phone conversations live and even
track the location of citizens without warrants using secret cables
connected directly to network equipment, admits Vodafone today.
The company said that secret wires have been connected to its network and
those belonging to competitors, giving government agencies the ability to
tap in to phone and broadband traffic. In many countries this is mandatory
for all telecoms companies, it said.
Vodafone is today publishing its first
Law
Enforcement Disclosure Report which will describe exactly how the
governments it deals with are eavesdropping on citizens. It is calling for
an end to the use of “direct access” eavesdropping and transparency on the
number of warrants issued giving access to private data.
Of course, anyone who has been paying attention knows that this is not really news, since it has been known for years that governments have been secretly tapping the telephony backbone. What is new in the present instance is that the company itself has revealed the illegal wiretaps rather than continue to engage in a conspiracy against its own users aided and abetted by criminal governments. If this is news to you, you might consider looking into
AT&T Room 641A.
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