Daily Archives: October 21, 2014


Dominic Kennedy reports* in the Times that Police are using a loophole in the law to allow them to access voice mails, text messages and e-mails without the knowledge of senders or recipients. Interception of live phone messages, texts and e-mails require a warrant granted by the Home Secretary; however, the Police are able to get round this once the messages are stored by use of a Production Order.  These orders are granted by a Circuit Judge, but are outside of the remit of the Interception of Communications Commissioner and hence are not subject to any over site. The investigation by the Times suggests that many Police Forces are using Production Orders on a regular basis, with the mobile phone operator EE stating that they received about 150 requests a month. *The Times online is a subscription service and a subscription is required to read the full article.

Police use loophole to hack phones and email