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Every Email In UK To Be Monitored

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-are-you-writing dept.

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.'"

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  1. Re:That's it by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I'm out of here!

    Fuck the US!

  2. Re:That's it by clang_jangle · · Score: -1, Redundant

    "I use the enemy."

    No, it's "I is the enemy".

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  3. Re:Unbelievable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ... In fact, they should just put microphones in every house, restaurant, bus and automobile...

    Didn't that happen in 1984?

    Yes, I mean the book

  4. Re:That's it by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I already left.

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  5. Re:That's it by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: -1, Redundant

    So where are you two going? ...can I come?

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  6. Re:You have suggested... by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    My kingdom for a mod point!

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  7. Re:That's it by yoldapirate · · Score: -1, Redundant

    i am having a flashback to 1984

  8. Re:That's it by DaleCooper82 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    are you proposing Anarchy? When do we meet to discuss this....

    That's an oxymoron, isn't it?

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  9. Re:That's it by againjj · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I had to look this up. But then, I am American, and everyone knows we don't know anything about any other country. :-P