At 16:18 02.05.03 +0200, Tim Bartel wrote: >---[schnipp]--- > >02.05.2003 >http://www.heute.t-online.de/ZDFde/druckansicht/0,1986,2043990,00.html >Computer > >Immer mehr Telefone werden �berwacht > >Abh�raktionen nahmen 2002 um zehn Prozent zu - Datenschutzbeauftragter >fordert sch�rfere Kontrollen > >Die �berwachung von Telefonanschl�ssen in Deutschland nimmt weiter >drastisch zu. Im vergangenen Jahr wurden nach einer Statistik der >Regulierungsbeh�rde f�r Telekommunikation 21.874 Abh�raktionen >angeordnet, zehn Prozent mehr als im Vorjahr. Seit 1995 hat sich Zahl >der �berwachungen nahezu verf�nffacht. Der Bundesbeauftragte f�r >Datenschutz, Joachim Jacob, forderte am Freitag sch�rfere Kontrollen.
zum Vergleich der US wiretap report 2002: -> http://www.uscourts.gov/wiretap02/contents.html -> http://www.uscourts.gov/wiretap02/2002wttxt.pdf --- snip --- [..] This report covers intercepts concluded between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2002, and provides supplementary information on arrests and convictions resulting from intercepts concluded in prior years. A total of 1,358 intercepts authorized by federal and state courts were completed in 2002, a drop of 9 percent compared to the number terminated in 2001. The number of applications for orders by federal authorities rose 2 percent to 497. Following an increase of 41 percent in 2001, the number of applications reported by state prosecuting officials dropped 14 percent in 2002. The average number of persons whose communications were intercepted increased 7 percent. The number of communications intercepted per order was 9 percent higher, and the number of incriminating communications reported per wiretap was 21 percent higher. [..] --- snap --- Ciao, Peter
