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by IgorPartola 1924 days ago
Wiretapping (without a warrant) is stupidly illegal.
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Saying something is illegal and expecting everyone to follow the law is just pinky-swearing.
Yeah! Why have laws anyways? Every law will be broken sooner or later and it’s not like we have institutions tasked with enforcing laws. /s
I'm under the assumption that wiretapping to create evidence is illegal, but wiretapping to get a warrant probably happens all the time. (AKA Judge and Police officer listen to illegally captured audio - Judge approves official warrant to make future recordings legal)
Wiretapping by a private person should not happen.
"should not" and "does not" are not equal statements.