Reply to post: Re: You can read my SMSs but you can take my WhatsApps from my cold dead hands

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Re: You can read my SMSs but you can take my WhatsApps from my cold dead hands

@Pier_Reviewer

Define "lawful".

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What most people worry about is "lawful" trawling of ALL COMMUNICATIONS in some particular channel. Again, most people would have few problems with targeted intercepts, backed by evidence and authorised by a court order, against some very limited number of named individuals.

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But, as the Snowden papers reveal, when governments talk about "lawful intercepts", what they mean is spying on everyone. ....so let's hear your definition of "lawful".

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