Dutch Gov't Has No Idea How To Delete Tapped Calls 186
McDutchie writes "The law in the Netherlands says that intercepted phone calls between attorneys and their clients must be destroyed. But the Dutch government has been keeping under wraps for years that no one has the foggiest clue how to delete them (Google translation). Now, an email (PDF) from the National Police Services Agency (KLPD) has surfaced, revealing that the working of the technology in question is a NetApp trade secret. The Dutch police are now trying to get their Israeli supplier Verint to tell them how to delete tapped calls and comply with the law. Meanwhile, attorneys in the Netherlands remain afraid to use their phones."
Easy (Score:3, Funny)
You might want to wear safety goggles.
Just put an average user at the console ... (Score:5, Funny)
... and tell them that there's no way they could ever delete anything. Trust me, they'll find a way.
Nuke it from orbit its the only way to be sure (Score:3, Funny)
rm -rf /
Re:Easy (Score:3, Funny)
The best place to set fire to your mixture is in the basement of your houses of parliament [wikipedia.org].
Re:You can't make this stuff up (Score:5, Funny)
I thought a Dutch Delete only applied to torrents?
No no! The Dutch Police used to share all phone taps via torrents, and now they don't know how to delete those. That's the real reason why The Pirate Bay should be shut down.
Re:You can't make this stuff up (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nuke it from orbit its the only way to be sure (Score:5, Funny)
Store the data on your Sidekick device?
Re:WORM drive (Score:3, Funny)
What company was that? Goatse?