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German Telecom Spying Ignites Privacy Uproar

Internal tracing of press leaks leads to calls for government probe

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted May 27, 2008 4:35 PM CDT

(Newser) – German phone giant Deutsche Telekom has ignited a privacy firestorm by admitting it tracked board members’ phone calls to root out the source of embarrassing press leaks. The dominant national fixed-line provider revealed “severe and far-reaching” misuse of private information, generating anger in a...   Read full story »

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