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Online Activities To Be Recorded By UK ISPs

Posted by timothy on from the like-y'-do dept.

SmartAboutThings writes "The United Kingdom online monitoring law just got published, showcasing some disturbing facts. The paper is 123 pages long and is actually a draft of the Communications Data Bill. You might not be so happy to find out that from now, every single thing you do online will be recorded and stored by the good old Internet Service providers (ISP). What do we mean by online activity? Well, everything."

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  1. Be good. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing to hide, nothing to fear.

    1. Re:Be good. by cheekyjohnson · · Score: 4, Funny

      Are you by chance insinuating that the government isn't made up of perfect beings? That's preposterous! No government in history has ever done anything that could be deemed as wrong by anyone!

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    2. Re:Be good. by The+Archon+V2.0 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Are you by chance insinuating that the government isn't made up of perfect beings? That's preposterous! No government in history has ever done anything that could be deemed as wrong by anyone!

      More than preposterous, it's treasonous. And the archives show he once visited a site often frequented by subversives. I think we have a terrorist sleeper agent on our hands.

    3. Re:Be good. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      So... another example of something perfectly legal privacy:
      Did you know that youtube will make suggestions for you based off your viewing habits? Say, if you've just watched all of season 2 of my little pony.
      And all those suggested videos are RIGHT THERE on the side when you pull up youtube in front of all your friends and/or significant other.

      yeah...

    4. Re:Be good. by EdIII · · Score: 4, Funny

      Remember, the plan is to blow up the Olympics and behead the Queen during the opening ceremonies

      Not as long as I have something to say about it

      -- Frank Drebin, Police Squad

    5. Re:Be good. by EdIII · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's quite brilliant actually. Loin clothes for the men and dental floss thongs for the ladies.

      Of course, that means I could blend into a crowd like a Ninja since everyone would be concentrating on the thongs.

      Contrary to popular belief, boobies never get old.

  2. Re:Summary is misleading. by Kittenman · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's usually standard practice to use a car analogy on Slashdot, but I find your new item quite refreshing. And a point well made.

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  3. Re:Summary is misleading. by hoggoth · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've been standing in the park for four fucking hours now. Where the hell are the teenagers?!

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