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UK Government Plans 10-Year Database of Citizens' Travel

Posted by timothy on from the always-on-vacation-in-oceania dept.

moderators_are_w*nke writes "The UK government is planning yet another database to track its citizens, this time keeping track of their movements in and out of the country for ten years. Just like all their other databases, this one 'is essential in the fight against crime, illegal immigration and [of course] terrorism.'" I'd be very surprised if the US is not already doing this, and just not making a point to let anyone know.

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  1. Stephen Fry... by Goffee71 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...is going straight to jail(the new Morcambe Bay maximum security anti-terror gulag!)Look at all those dodgy Twitter posts - America, Australia, America, Luxembourg - the chap is a one-man axis of evil!

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  2. DDOS by giafly · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you live in Eire or Northern Ireland, near the border, please could you spend a few minutes stepping from one to the other.

    Not only will this improve your aerobic fitness, but all your "journeys in and out of the UK" could help overload this stupid system

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  3. Breaking news by bugs2squash · · Score: 2, Funny

    This just in, the Home secretary announces that the database will be hosted on a laptop left on the passenger seat of a car.

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