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UK To Track All Browsing, Email, and Phone Calls

Posted by samzenpus on from the that-about-covers-it dept.

Sara Chan writes "The UK government plans to introduce legislation that will allow the police to track every phone call, email, text message and website visit made by the public. The information will include who is contacting whom, when and where and which websites are visited, but not the content of the conversations or messages. Every communications provider will be required to store the information for at least a year."

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  1. Do you know how BORING it is to read emails? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Mrs. Schwartz is still waiting for the grommet for her patio.

    Ed in 2B has a plugged toilet.

    The new girl didn't clean out the frig the way I liked it.

    S: I think my husband is banging his secretary.
    A: What are you going to do?
    S: I don't know.
    A: What about the kids?
    S: I don't know. Christmas is coming and we are going to his mothers.

    Honey can you pick up a quart of milk on the way home

    Bob, Here is the spreadsheet you asked for.

    Akmed, here is the Amish Waffle recipe for your wife asked for. Allah Akbar.

    Sid, This is Dave. Where is my pricing? You promised it last week. I am thinking of going with ACME

    Well Dave, this is Sid. Bite me. We don't want to sell to you. Catch the hint will ya?

    THOSE ARE THE EXCITING EMAILS!

    And then there is the mind melting crap that passes for human thought put into something barely resembling engl--ish, (Heavy on the '-ish'), that destroys your soul and any thought of intelligence on earth and all respect for your fellow human beings. Inner circle of hell stuff. Communicable Mental illness on a page. Wake up, Wake up, Gotta wake myself up, why have the meds stopped working? Woah. Here I am safe in my bed, Thank god, it was only a bad dream.

    So what if the boss is banging the secretary. They all do. Everybody knows it.

    Then there is the sheer volume of data. Sure you can search for keywords, but how many emails can one person read a day? My guess is somewhere around 1000 - 2500. Try it yourself. After about the one millionth quoted, requoted, re-re-re-re-re-requoted email about the thing about the guy who said something, you will go batshit crazy and start running around the room with your arms stretched out making airplane noises.

    The russians use booze and hot russian chicks. How cool is that? Who has the advanced civilization again?

    I am going outside to play.