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UK Government To Demand Data On Every Call, Email, and Tweet

Posted by samzenpus on Monday February 20, 2012 @02:42AM from the save-it-all dept.

judgecorp writes "The UK government is proposing a law that would require phone and Internet companies to store information on all communications, and hand it to the security services when required. The Communications Capabilities Development Programme (CCDP) abandoned by the last government is back on the table, proposed as a means to increase security, and likely to be pushed through before the Olympics in London, according to reports."

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Re:1984 by CimmerianX · 2012-02-20 03:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Nope... it starts in England. Didn't you see 'V'?
If you don't support this... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-20 03:04 · Score: 0, Funny

... then you are a pedo terrorist who hurts animals, or something like that.
I, for one, welcome our new CCDP overlords, in my back end... and front-end... and side-end.
WHEN WILL IT EVER END?!
Re:Thank you by Neil+Boekend · 2012-02-20 03:33 · Score: 3, Funny

reaction from UK government: We need a very advanced AI to sort through all that data. Let's call it Skynet.

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Re:1984 by Idimmu+Xul · 2012-02-20 04:33 · Score: 3, Funny

We tried that last year.. everyone just nicked sportswear from Soccer World :(

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