Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım has said the government plans to increase penalties for illegal wiretapping in order to dissuade people from bugging private phone conversations in violation of the law...
āWith the passage of this draft legislation the punishment [for illegal wiretapping] will be increased three-fold. The punishments will not be suspended or commuted to monetary fine. People who are found guilty of illegal wiretapping will be sentenced to a jail term of two to five years. There is no other method to put a stop to the illegal wiretapping paranoia,ā Yıldırım told Todayās Zaman. The wiretapping of telephone conversations is a highly controversial issue in Turkey. Many believe the police as well as the military and other security agencies frequently bug peopleās phone lines to detect security threats. (more)
After secret talks in a room designed to prevent bugging, British tour operator Thomas Cook has bought a majority stake in Intourist, the Russian travel agency founded under Joseph Stalin. (
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Stalin founded a travel agency?!?!(Shrugs shoulders, walks away with a head full of jokes that will never see the light of day.) Sortalike when you’re in a Siberian… (Slaps hand over mouth.)
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Secusmart have released a new generation of the SecuVOICE solution for wiretap-proof cell phone calls.
This new and improved version of the encryption solution will allow the German federal authorities to make phone calls – and also send SMS messages – without any risk of interception.
The core component of this integrated solution is the new Secusmart Security Card, which encrypts calls and SMS messages end-to-end and provides secure authentication. The microSD card used in the cell phone was specially developed for Secusmart by Giesecke & Devrient Secure Flash Solutions (G&D SFS), a joint venture of G&D and Phison Electronics Corporation. The German federal authorities will soon be deploying the first crypto cards to offer this combined functionality. (more)
(US football story) For the second straight weekend, the three-year-old notion of the Patriots engaging in tactics not recognized by the rule book hovers over one of the teamās biggest out-of-division rivalries.
In his look-ahead to the coming weekend, Peter King of SI.com points out that Colts quarterback Peyton Manning fears the presence of
enemy ears in the visitorsā locker room at Gillette Stadium…
None of it means that bugs have been planted in the locker room, but thereās nothing wrong with being cautious. Even if the caution becomes paranoia. (
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