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World Service,11 Feb 2002,24 mins

The digital snoopers

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The increasing sale of spy software has raised fears of digital snooping. Also is going digital always the right thing to do? Not everyone thinks so, in Ireland a reluctant to receive benefits via a digital payment system has forced a re-think and the video games of the future featuring super intelligent characters with real brain power.

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