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The Beast of Brussels

Posted by michael on from the sprouts-are-bad-enough dept.

'No nickname' Ian writes "If you live in Europe you should definitely read this story about a government supercomputer. It's written by Andy McCue from silicon.com and entitled: IT Myths: Does the 'Beast of Brussels' know everything about us? Basically, in Europe there are rumours of an EU-owned super-computer which stores and process information on every European citizen. The piece debunks the rumour and finds out its roots are actually in a work of fiction - but there is some interesting comment from privacy activists who suggest it may not be too wide of the mark. Simon Davis of Privacy International goes so far as to suggest such computer may have existed - if perhaps not on the same 'three storey-high' magnitude."

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  1. Good Job Michael. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Imaginary computers. Now there's some "Stuff that Matters."

  2. Re:Very nice colors by ExEleven · · Score: 0, Troll

    Your right, slashdot has no incarnation of free speech anymore.

  3. Ok you want us to know you are a geek... by floydman · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ok, your a geek

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  4. Re:Impossible for all the wrong reasons... by heironymouscoward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, that is a good point. Saying '11/9/03', or better, using the ISO standard '2003/11/09' for all references to this date would make the discussion much clearer. Excellent comment!

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