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The exact quote from the linked BBC article is:

"In the most serious crimes [such as] child abduction communications data... is absolutely vital. I love watching, as I probably should stop telling people, crime dramas on the television. There's hardly a crime drama where a crime is solved without using the data of a mobile communications device."

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Ok, then the writter is just a moron.

It's a weak position, but he is using an analogy, so that makes (slightly) more sense.

I wonder how much of such data can be used in a police investigation? I'm actually Ok that they use it to prevent a crime, but charging you for it, if they don't have any legal evidence is also fine by me.

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