Re: QSL cards

Brian Reay wrote:
"carol mcgee" <carolmcgee2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:EqGNi.386$ah6.44@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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So basically nothing is actually private?.........even those detained at her Majesties pleasure don't have their mail opened these days.
I was always under the assumption that these things only happened where national security is at risk or some sort of fraud/drugs are suspected.

Carol, you need to think about the numbers. Do you really think the government have the resources to "tap your phone" or read your mail just for the fun of it? Of course they don't. They probably don't even have the resources to take such steps in all cases when they have grounds to suspect a serious crime!


Councils are to be given access to our telephone records, companies have to retain them for two years. I imagine that it would be very easy to trawl through them and sell the information onto private companies.

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Mike Clayton
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