Practice of safe business
newspaper reports claim that the content of Amar Singh's personal telephone conversation was to be used by his political rivals. A cursory look at this colourful Samajwadi Party leader reveals beyond doubt that he has no rival. It must have been some adult joke between friends, in opposition and government.
Take a glance at Privacy International's phone-tapping webpage (http://www.privacy.org/pi/issues/tapping) and you will see the endless newslist of governments from Slovakia to Abisinia denying phone-tapping by their respective states. The degree of civility and maturity of democracy has no bearing on rising incidence of phone-tapping. Chicago police has just dispatched a memo to its officers that their cellphone records are being sold in open market. The consequence is grave as these records expose undercover operatives to organised criminals. There seems to be no reason for any politician of state official to raise eyebrows about snooping. But closer home, phone-tapping was a
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