Big brother bill under spotlight

I just read about this this morning in the papers ..... very scary developments for sure.
 
this carp is happening all over the world - some links to the same thing in the UK

Watchdog raises red flag over plan to record all phone calls and e-mails http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4336754.ece
Richard Ford
Britain's information watchdog criticised today plans for a massive Government database holding details of every phone call and e-mail and the time spent on the internet by the public as a step too far.
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'Big Brother' warning over Government database that records EVERY phone call and e-mail in Britain http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...abase-records-EVERY-phone-e-mail-Britain.html
A 'Big Brother' database recording every single phone call and e-mail made in Britain would threaten the British way of life, the information watchdog has warned.
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Database of every phone call and email 'a step too far'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jul/15/privacy.internet
Peter Walker
The information commissioner today expressed concern at a proposed government database recording the entire country's telephone and internet use, calling it "a step too far for the British way of life".
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Critics attack 'dangerous' gov't comms-snooping plan
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39447471,00.htm?r=3
Tom Espiner
Internet service providers are to be invited to tender for a government scheme to monitor all internet communications and telecommunications.
Under the proposed Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP), internet service providers (ISPs) would be required to link 'black boxes' to their servers to record all internet traffic, including details of emails, VoIP telephone conversations, instant messages and browsing habits. Telephone conversations would also be monitored.
 
dominic said:
this carp is happening all over the world - some links to the same thing in the UK
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and carp it is indeed

only people who'll benefit from that will be the system builders, resellers, and technicians...

so naughty talk over the phone/voip/IM will be verboten as somebody might perv over it :sick:
 
This is old news to me, they have been doing this for more than a year already
 
Tns said:
This is old news to me, they have been doing this for more than a year already
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yip - it seems almost progressive to actually put a legal framework around it


....now where is grandma?
 
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