U.S. to Gain Access to EU Retained Data

shenanigans writes "After the EU recently ratified controversial data retention laws for ISPs and other telecommunication companies, it now looks like the US government will get full access to the data. From the article: 'US authorities can get access to EU citizens' data on phone calls, sms and emails, giving a recent EU data-retention law much wider-reaching consequences than first expected'. Apparently, the US has been calling members of the EU to 'ensure that the data collected [...] be accessible to them'."

Comments

I am not a criminal.

[novus ordo]

"President George Bush did not deny the allegations in a television statement last night, but insisted that his administration had not broken any laws."
 
Nixon would be proud.

About time

[nosredna]

Finally, a step in the right direction! After years of fucking with our own citizens, we're finally reaching out and fucking with somebody else's.

Hey, at least we're not violating our own constitution on this one.

Re:Finally

[smilingman]

They hate us because of our freedom!

So the solution, of course, is to take away our freedom.

Sack of shit

[kernel_pat]

I've lost all faith in everyone, I can't wait until somebody invents teleporters and then they can beam me out of my house as soon as they think I might try and do something illegal.

Re:Oh, I get it...

[Potor]

I'm starting to think I should just set up a web page and post my photograph, fingerprints, blood type, DNA records, phone conversations, credit-card, passport, travel history, social-security numbers, and real-time GPS coordinates. It would save alot of hassle and expense.

... which is why you posted AC.

Re:Finally

[cloudmaster]

It's worked so far. Since Sept. 11 2001, I can't sign up for a new bank account without providing my driver's license and social security card now, and no one has crashed two airplanes into another large building. Coincidence? I think not!

I am moving to China.

[Galston]

I am moving to China.

Re:Oh, I get it...

[Ohreally_factor]

So they get the chance, I'll include a few Echelon keywords to make sure they pick this up: bomb assassinate Bush Blair Osama kill terror gas anthrax Chavez oil Castro Iran Iraq hijack suicide bomber 9/11 jihad. Hi guys!

Echelon 2.0 is going to allow user tagging and RSS feeds, so you'll no longer need to include keywords in the body of your post! Plus, they're working on a nifty AJAX interface that will tie into Google Maps APIs, making it easier than ever for field agents to track you down.

What's really exciting is that if you are an Amazon affiliate, you'll be earning money if an agent buys a book from the list of books you've checked out at the library!

Who knew that totalitarianism could be so engagingly interactive? It's a brave new world, to be sure.