UK Law Enforcement Is Against "3-Strikes"

Now that the UK is discussing plans for some form of 3-strikes regime to discourage file-sharing, TechDirt reports that the fans of due process have picked up unlikely allies: the law enforcement and spying establishments fear that a 3-strikes policy would result in far more encryption on the Net, greatly complicating their jobs. "Of course, they're not as concerned about due process and civil rights, as they are about making it more difficult to track down criminals online: 'Law enforcement groups, which include the Serious and Organized Crime Agency and the Metropolitan Police's e-crime unit, believe that more encryption will increase the costs and workload for those attempting to monitor internet traffic. ... A source involved in drafting the Bill said that the intelligence agencies, MI5 and MI6, had also voiced concerns about disconnection. "The spooks hate it," the source said.'" The Times (UK) Online has more details.

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psychopathology

[Onymous Coward]

This simplistic and damaging law-making gets traction because of the people who are overly punitive.

That trait of excessive eagerness to punish is often coupled with these other traits:

• conventionalism
• authoritarian submission
• authoritarian aggression
• anti-intraception (anti-{need to analyze behaviors and feelings of others})
• superstition and belief stereotypy
• power and "toughness"
• destructiveness and cynicism
• projectivity
• exaggerated concerns over sexuality

Authoritarian Personality WP article

"The Authoritarians" paper