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Police and intelligence agencies are lobbying hard for means of snooping on internet-based telephony, arguing that they need them to catch criminals, reports Peter Warren


In numerous advertisements, you are encouraged to buy an internet phone so you can make free calls to friends. Meanwhile, a gaggle of online programs such as Skype boast of the boon of online calls: they’re free. But the UK’s top law enforcement agencies don’t see it the same way.

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A computerised nose millions of times more sensitive than a bloodhound’s has become the latest high-tech weapon in the police’s war against drugs.

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Gary McKinnon, the British hacker facing extradition to the US in nine days time has warned other hacking wannabees not to follow his example.

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The days of the motorway speed bully furiously flashing his lights as drives aggressively up to the boot of your car could soon be over.

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