Vodafone phones tapped

Calls can be monitored.
SMS can be read.
Internet connection can have the visited IP addresses traced.
Locations can be determined (without GPS).

All this can & is done by all operators since day 1.

It just gets worse when governments stick their snouts in.

Always operate under this very simple concept

if they can do it, they will do it

call me back on the pay phone down the street

El Weirdo wrote: »

In before the "I have nothing to hide so I don't mind" knobheads.

In before the "Big Brother is just around the corner" knobheads.

Don't let yourselves be fooled that only Vodafone are doing this. If this is happening in Vodafone, then it's happening in every other carrier too. Don't be surprised to see this escalate over the next few weeks as more operators speak out about it and national parliaments start revealing information about hundreds of thousands of warrants and wiretaps on mobile phones.

Vodafone seem to be just putting their heads above the parapet in an attempt to twist the arms of the lawmakers by rounding public opinion against them.

I wonder what their end-goal is? Maybe they're just pissed off at the amount of resources this kind of activity consumes. Or maybe by being the first operator to out this before it became public, they can look like the good guys. The EU has already shown that it's not tolerant of spying and surveillance activities, so Vodafone might just be trying to surf the wave of public opinion.

This thread has reminded me of the excellent TV series The Wire. Simpler times

wendell borton wrote: »

Bring back eircell.

And Esat Digifone too.