I think most legal restrictions on wiretapping have a massive loophole that's been increasingly exploited: It's only considered wiretapping if the monitoring's being done by government employees/officials, and/or possibly paid for directly through state funds. So it's not considered wiretapping if private companies monitor things and voluntarily offer it up freely to the state/government/police.
I think most legal restrictions on wiretapping have a massive loophole that's been increasingly exploited: It's only considered wiretapping if the monitoring's being done by government employees/officials, and/or possibly paid for directly through state funds. So it's not considered wiretapping if private companies monitor things and voluntarily offer it up freely to the state/government/police.
That's true and if those companies happen to "coincidentally" get some juicy government contracts, tax breaks or other benefits then it's still valid.