alt Hacker News> In one case, law enforcement didn't pay their bill, resulting in the person being wiretapped having the wiretap connection show up on their bill, blowing the case.
In the fictional world of The Wire, one of the "wires" were blown when the guy checked on his mobile bill to find out his account was flagged to not be disconnected. I'm sure this was art imitating life or inspired by type of thing
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Ccecil • today at 9:08 AM
Never watched the wire...but I remember back 25+ years ago some people joking about not paying their phone bill to see if the phone was tapped.
They claimed that since it never got shut off when they didn't pay it must be tapped.
Possibly correct I suppose...
The Wire is allegedly one of the more realistic crime shows in how incompetent it portrays the police.