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UK Taps 439,000 Phones, Now Wants To Monitor MPs

Posted by Zonk on from the note-quite-enough dept.

JPMH writes "With the largest density of CCTV cameras in the world, and an increasing network of automatic number-plate recognition cameras on main roads, Britain has long been a pioneer for the surveillance society. Now new official figures reveal that UK agencies monitored 439,000 telephones and email addresses in a 15 month period between 2005 and 2006. The Interception of Communications Commissioner is seeking the right for agencies to be allowed to monitor the communications of Members of Parliament as well, something which has been forbidden since the 1960s. It must be that it is bringing their numbers down: on the law of averages they should be monitoring at least 5 of the MPs."

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  1. British humoUr? by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It must be that it is bringing their numbers down: on the law of averages they should be monitoring at least 5 of the MPs. Is this supposed to be a joke? Brits and their weird sense of humor.. No wonder I never understood Monty Python.
    1. Re:British humoUr? by Ash+Vince · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      You never understood Monty Python? You poor thing.

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    2. Re:British humoUr? by Hackeron · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Watch life of brian - watching it now, what a laugh riot

    3. Re:British humoUr? by cappadocius · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      It must be that it is bringing their numbers down: on the law of averages they should be monitoring at least 5 of the MPs.
      Is this supposed to be a joke? Brits and their weird sense of humor.. No wonder I never understood Monty Python.
      Are there still 5 Members of Python around? Or is that not what MP stands for?
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  2. baaaaaaa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My God! Your average brit must be a bleating sheep! How can they even begin to tolerate this?

  3. Put your money where your mouth is, Tom. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tom, I want you to post a link to some pictures of your genitals. After all, you've got nothing to hide, right?

    And I don't want you going out, finding some picture of a black guy with a 15" cock, and then saying that it's your penis. So Tom, what I want you to do is this: write "Slashdot" on the front of one of your business cards, and place it near your genitals so that it's clearly visible in the photos.

    In fact, I invite anyone with an attitude about privacy similar to yours to do the same. Or do you value your privacy too much, Tom?

    1. Re:Put your money where your mouth is, Tom. by tomstdenis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Not what your mother said last night.

      HEHEHEHE LOL I MADE A PEEPEE JOKE I R FUNNY.

      Wake me up when you're not a kid, ..., kid.

      Tom

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