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EDITORIAL |
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State must drill to the bone
The news that the prime minister, top government ministers and security officials had their mobile phones tapped by unidentified eavesdroppers for months, if not years, has thrown Greece's public into a deep sense of concern.
The sight of a political system that appears to be so exposed to the activities of spies that it fails to secure the privacy of communication... |
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COMMENTARY |
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From glow to grief
The editorial in Kathimerini yesterday said that the nine-month tapping of top officials' phones including that of the prime minister, right under the nose of Greece's intelligence services, «has stoked a heightened sense of humiliation among the people.» It's hard, though, to believe the government has its finger on the public pulse and is hunting for a remedy. |
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OPINION |
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The unsaid truths about tapping
Even the most naive citizen has more than a vague inkling that the confidentiality of our telephone conversations, particularly on mobiles, is anything but guaranteed. And one of the chief reasons for this is that the rate of technological innovation is being mirrored by parasitical imitation.
If you have a secret to tell a friend, generally you would not do so over the telephone. |
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