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Every Email In UK To Be Monitored
ericcantona writes "The Communications Data Bill (2008) will lead to the creation of a single, centralized database containing records of all e-mails sent, websites visited and mobile phones used by UK citizens. In a carnivore-on-steroids programme, as all vestiges of communication privacy are stripped away, The BBC reports that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says this is a 'necessity.'"
Fuck the US!
No, fuck the THEM!
Ultimate, absolute proof, that despite having given the world George W, we did the right thing by sticking it to (the other) King George. Woohoo! Suckas! No taxation without representation, and no email retention without representation either!! The sad thing is they actually have representation now. Hope that doesn't pass. Dang, I'm gonna go buy me a pistol.
Qxe4
Joe the Plumber is laughing his ass off at you Brits.
If you're using snail-mail you must have something to hide!
No sig today...
Q: Is the UK government and authorities completely without morales?
A: Lead Programmer Jose Morales left the program recently for a position at Yahoo China. Many pundits claim that without him the implementation of the Communications Data Bill will fail as no one can read his code and his commenting mostly consisted of rambling diatribes against the IMF.
Completely. And I won't hesitate to mention that if you think a Mexican could break into politics in the UK, you're raving mad.
Your post advocates a
(*) technical (*) legislative ( ) market-based ( ) vigilante
approach to fighting terrorism. Your idea will not work. Here is why it won't work. (One or more of the following may apply to your particular idea, and it may have other flaws which used to vary from dictatorship to dictatorship before a bad federal law was passed.)
(*) Terrorists can easily encrypt their email
( ) Other legitimate email users would be affected
( ) It will stop terrorists for two weeks and then we'll be stuck with it
( ) Users of email will not put up with it
[...] anybody feeling ambitious? :)
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
2. I'm sure it will take just a few petabytes of Viagra ads for the UK government to develop a foolproof SPAM filter for us all.
3. Just think of the decline in crap emails from management. No more wading through piles of pointless CC'd emails once they become paranoid.
4. Did someone just approve my budget for video phones for everyone? Try archiving that traffic, UK!
I think we all need to look at the glass being half full on this one
It's Eurasia, not Oceania, check today's newspaper.
I'm a Dual US/UK National. Will these new wiretaps be incompatible with the preexisting NSA taps on My AT&T Cell phone?
-jX
Don't you just love politics? It's like a comedy of errors.
If you're still posting a week from now, it will be informative. If you're never heard from again, it'll be insightful.
*self-censors the comment I was thinking of making*
Me too. Big hair, spandex and uncomfortable rashes. At least Madonna was still a hottie, though.
It will be very handy to be strolling down the street and have a helpful government man spot you and say "You've got mail".
Boffoonery - downloadable Comedy Benefit for Bletchley Park
I'm writing my friend a message
In plaintext for you to see
His name it is Osama
And his last name starts with B
My friend he makes explosives
And possibly anthrax
He sends it via envelope
And tiny little sacks
He doesn't like some people
He calls them infidels
He mentioned he was going
To send them all to hell
This message is sarcastic
I know no terrorists
But it's got a lot of keywords
That are on your danger lists
Your policemen may not like it
But to them I will scoff
I don't like in England
So you can just f*** off.