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Are there any numbers of criminals (un)caught by wiretapping the internet?

Posted by njittam on Friday January 03, 2014 @10:11AM
from the self-post dept.

All over the news you see of the NSA or other countries wiretapping the internet. And all numbers available are about how and how much data the national agencies are collecting. But if it comes to the point to 'is it really necessary?' then everybody is uses the argument of the feeling of security. So are there any hard numbers available of how many criminals are caught by wiretaps? Did this...

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Re:Don’t believe everything you read on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @04:12PM (#5105299)

srry but accidently pressed send. but one episode was about the liability of the media. and they did the same thing you did. it was just before the eurosongfestival and the made a song wich was really similair to the song we would send to the songfestival. then they sent it to some newspapers. and if there wasn't a article about in their paper it was on their website. and they have even a hint because in the name of the mp3 stood rambam.

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