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Watched the documentary last night.

Given that these things are cheap, would any fellow Brits be interested in clubbing together and acquiring one and installing it in or around parliament? I'm sure there would be plenty of buyers for the call records of MPS.

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Isn't it illegal to have one and run one in the UK if not licensed?

Well, as they're officially not used at all in the UK, there's been no need to create any legislation around them, so while this could be an offence under the communications act, you could argue (probably unsuccessfully) that you're actually providing a service to customers by taking their data to protect them from themselves, as they may be terrorists and not yet know it.

I am sure that is how the courts will look at it :)

It's almost certainly an offence under RIPA.

Most things are.

Serious?

SWIM is interested

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