Mobile phones with passworded inboxes... Now these would sell - do they exist yet? After my mate got busted for drugs* off his dad from reading a text message he was asking about these types of phones - but I don't think they exist.. do they?? *drugs are illegal
Simple - don't be a muppet and put any drugs references on texts. The content of texts can be monitored by the government/police (and they can listen in to phone calls), so it's a bloody stupid thing to do in the first place.
haha i know some paranoid dealers out there, who believe their whole lives are monitored by MI5. lay off the drugs kids!
From what I have read, vast numbers of text messages are screened automatically for particular words, rather than individuals being targeted.
apparently there is central network point where all calls and messages go through called Echelon or something, and this can pick up on words said in the same sentences, such as 'bomb....London...today' and can alert MI5, its also the main system the Uk & US use for spying on allsorts of communications. I think the goverment still deny it exists
The point is that 'the agencies' don't give a shit what any of us lot are doing. There are not enough people at MI5 etc to go through all our texts, emails and phone calls (even if they screen them for keywords first). They only use this technology when they think you are up to something bad (taking drugs or even selling drugs is not deemed as important enough). We just don't matter to these people, they have bigger fish to fry. Back on topic, you can lock a 7650 and a p800, both lock after a minute or so just like screensavers work on a pc.
originally posted by Rob - promise We just don't matter to these people, they have bigger fish to fry. a guy i used to work with left his voicemail message along the lines of "sorry i cant take ur call right now cos im just out scoring sum smack and then im gonna go molest some little kids" apparently the messages started off tame then jus got stupid... about a month after leaving the message his student house and house in leeds where raided by west yorkshire+ northumbria police from top to bottom +he was told he has leave the message as the default message for 2years or face some kind of prosecution... so there ya are sum1 is always watchin or listenin..
Search of premises (taken from kevinboone.com) Except for anti-terrorist operations, unless you are arrested (see below) there are very few grounds on which a constable can enter your home to conduct a search without a search warrant from a magistrate. Even where there is a power to enter premises -- for example to prevent a breach of the peace -- this does not confer a power to search. As far as anti-terrorist measures are concerned, if authorised by a senior police officer, a constable may enter your home without a warrant to search for materials that may be used for terrorism [s37 TA]. This power of search is subject to the same controls as anti-terrorist stop-and-search procedures. In particular, its use must be notified to the Home Secretary, and the authorising officer has to have reasonable grounds that it is necessary to prevent terrorism. In most other circumstances a search will be unlawful without a warrant, unless you consent to it. A magistrate has a general power to issue a search warrant against your home if he or she reasonably believes that (i) a `serious arrestable offence' has been committed; and (ii) evidence relevant to the investigation of that offence is likely to be found there; and (iii) there is no other way to gain access except with a warrant. There are also technical restrictions that may not be very relevant; for example, the magistrate must have reasonable grounds for believing that material sought is not protected by legal professional privilege. A `serious arrestable offence' is, in essence, one that results in death or serious injury, rape, kidnapping, or serious financial loss. It follows that a magistrate may not issue a search warrant to search for evidence of minor thefts, for example. Magistrates also have specific powers to issue search warrants in respect of, for example, offensive weapons [s142 CJA], nuclear weapons (!) [s52 ATCSA], dangerous chemicals [s66 ATCSA], hidden terrorists [s42 TA], firearms or imitation firearms [s46 FA], and controlled drugs [s23 MDA]. In all cases, the magistrate is expected to grant the warrant only if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the sought articles are likely to be found. However, it is not uncommon for the police to ask for, and get, a warrant to search for a broad range of articles, e.g., `electrical items'. A search warrant is normally valid for one month after issue; it cannot be lawfully executed if this time period has expired.
to be honest i very much doubt MI5 or even northumbria police are interested in how much ket the KrAzzY KIdS have downed last weekend or if one of yous is sorting a mate out!!! watch blow,, thats when you need to start getting paranoid!!!!
