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Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr... by beobab on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:31AM (#16856276)
Because they want a phone line that they can talk to their spouse and children without having to field thousands of calls from well-meaning people who want to wish them a good day?
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Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr... by logicallee on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @06:03AM (#16856906)
Sorry, I should have written

>Federal Government ministers all have their phone bill summaries released as part of public record

Why?

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Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr... by chongli on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @08:19AM (#16857598)
So that the public knows they aren't making secret phone calls to lobbyists or what have you. The purpose of transparency is always to reduce corruption.
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Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr... by vageli on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @08:13AM (#16866683)
But they redact the phone numbers so how can you do that?
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Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr... by keketi on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @05:01AM (#16856644)
> who want to wish them a good day

I see what you did there.

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Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr... by stickdogg on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @07:39AM (#16857378)
Lmao. "Wishing to mean them a good day"? Really?
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