[privacy] UK: Phones Tapped at The Rate of 1,000 a Day

[Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah]

Date sent:      	Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:40:18 +0000
From:           	"Alex Shipp (elist)" <elist-alex at starlabs.net>

> I presume illegal fly-tippers regularly phone their mates up.
> 
> "Hey Jimmy, we're just off to dump some rubbish. Got anything you
> want us to throw away for you?"
[...]
> Those being bugged include people suspected of illegal fly-tipping as
> councils use little known powers to carry out increasingly sophisticated
> surveillance to catch offenders.

Well, maybe, but *I* want to know about these "little known powers."  (OK, if 
they are "little known," I suppose I've got a hope on that one ...)  What, they 
read the aura of the garbage?  Lay hands on it?  Read tea leaves?

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