Vodafone's secret wires for govt spying

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#147039 6-Jun-2014 17:45

As title say's.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/60092550/vodafones-secret-wires-for-govt-spying.html

Discuss.

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#1060488 6-Jun-2014 17:50

I think it's good publicity, rather than bad publicity for them. Courage to go ahead with the report, and by publishing openly it also shows that all the other major global and national telcos will be doing exactly the same thing (and are now all scrabbling about with crisis meetings and having to put together their own report)

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#1060489 6-Jun-2014 17:55

Well Vodafone clearly aren't going for the niche criminal market, they are losing out on some profit there.

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#1060493 6-Jun-2014 18:02

yawns

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#1060498 6-Jun-2014 18:07

While we're at it maybe we should also discuss the poor syntax of the article which gets passed off as journalism.

That aside, I do think they (Vodafone) should have revealed which six countries have laws in which the government has direct access to people's conversations.

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#1060499 6-Jun-2014 18:09

Sign of the times really , anybody is welcome to listen in on any of my calls or emails but be warned ya would be pretty bored.

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#1060506 6-Jun-2014 18:23

l43a2: yawns

yep pretty much this, not sure I can even be bothered getting my tin foil hat out

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#1060509 6-Jun-2014 18:31

Sad, disappointing, hardly unexpected thou.

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#1060523 6-Jun-2014 19:17

TimA: what am I talking about right now? I can see you listening in on my every conversation!

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#1060527 6-Jun-2014 19:35

Typical media sensationalising what has been happening since the telephone was invented.

Legal interception has always occurred in NZ. There is absolutely nothing new or newsworthy about this story.

Maybe Stuff can run a story tomorrow about the Sky being blue..

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#1060528 6-Jun-2014 19:38

Omg the Government wants to read or hear me nagging/begging the wife for a new PC/car/TV..... poor bastards

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#1060530 6-Jun-2014 19:43

sbiddle: Maybe Stuff can run a story tomorrow about the Sky being blue..

That wouldn't really be any dumber than most of their oh-it's-another-slow-news-day stories.

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#1060531 6-Jun-2014 19:54

DarthKermit: TimA: what am I talking about right now? I can see you listening in on my every conversation!

Hmmm. Thats a good question. We wouldnt want to expose your little secrets now would we.

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#1060533 6-Jun-2014 19:58

surely its not a surprise. virtually everyone suspects it has been happening. Only hope no one listens on my conversation, they will find what a boring life I live

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#1060545 6-Jun-2014 20:41

sbiddle: Maybe Stuff can run a story tomorrow about the Sky being blue..

I just went outside to check the accuracy of this claim, all I saw were stars, no blue anywhere. Either someone's stolen the sky or you're just making this stuff up!

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