• Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
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    10 months ago

    Two separate things. Phone records have calls made/received, duration, that sort of thing. Tap and trace is the actual call plus location. Two different types of subpenas.

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      10 months ago

      My question remains! Why have that part? Other than “I might need to spy on someone because reasons”?

      Why record the calls at all? Thats so much data storage wasted for junk.

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          10 months ago

          I understand better what you were saying. I still see no justification to record calls at all. There may be legal documents supporting it, but I can’t fathom any reason it could be used for good.

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            10 months ago

            There are things that are against the law you know. A lot of mob cases were made from wire taps

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              10 months ago

              But spying on everyone to catch the relatively few bad guys…

              Just because criminal organizations have been brought down with these taps doesn’t mean it’s right. Could authorities open all the mail to find something if they wantrd/needed to?