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Europol Describes Data Retention Desires
freakyboff writes "Found this on cryptome.org - It's a confidential document from Europol, basically a wish list of all data that they would like people to keep. Many things that violate peoples privacy are in the minimum requirements, such as caller line identification and assigned IP for dial-up Internet access; e-mail and ftp server logs; and companies running web servers should keep information on what information users put on their servers." Statewatch is a good source for more information. I find it odd that Europe is moving from a position of protecting a great deal of data with fairly strong laws to requiring that telecommunications companies store data on their customers for as long as seven years so that law enforcement can go data-mining - skipping the intermediate step of making it optional.
it's a wish list? who cares! i had a nuke on my christmas list, doesn't mean i'm going to blow up the world.
-- OMFG = Oh My Floatse Goatse
Oh, really persuasive argument there chief. Crime costs too much to prosecute so we shoudl just fine the criminal and send them on theri merry way. What happens when graffiti becomes more common? It raises the cost to clean up and while it might still be more expensive to prosecute ALL those involved, it increases taxes paid by the citizens because cleanup costs have increased.
I have no problem with graffiti art. If graffiti artists were hired to paint a mural in a local community on a wall set aside for this artwork, I'm all for it. What I have a problem with is vandalism. Most graffiti is nothing more than this.