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I am not saying they are not interested. I am saying that they just need to ask the banks who will hand over everything no question asked. GCHQ does not need to intercept your connection to get your bank statement.

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I bet they don't even need to ask..

Many countries still require warrants.

I think in France the taxman can check your bank account directly so it's a fair bet that the intelligence service have access. I have no reason to think things are different in the UK.

I wouldn't be surprised.

Have you ever read about the various French Intel services after the revolution? Talk about convoluted. They trusted no one or even each other.

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