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Title: Government to monitor every call and e-mail
Post by: Uncle Mort on October 06, 2008, 08:17:53 AM
Ministers are considering spending up to £12 billion on a database to monitor and store the internet browsing habits, e-mail and telephone records of everyone in Britain.

Link (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4882600.ece)

FFS! where will they stop? when they have complete control on everything I do and say? It's a good job no-one has come up with with a way to moniter thoughts (yet)

£12 billion ~ and the rest.

 cussing: cussing: cussing:
Title: Re: Government to monitor every call and e-mail
Post by: Barman on October 06, 2008, 08:21:20 AM
Ministers are considering spending up to £12 billion on a database to monitor and store the internet browsing habits, e-mail and telephone records of everyone in Britain.

Link (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4882600.ece)

FFS! where will they stop? when they have complete control on everything I do and say? It's a good job no-one has come up with with a way to moniter thoughts (yet)

£12 billion ~ and the rest.

 cussing: cussing: cussing:

Where do all these billions come from?  Shrugs:

I know the taxpayer ultimately foots the bill but how can they rustle up twelve billion here a few billion there for Northern Rock, etc. yet have to borrow £2.7B to sort out the 10% tax fiasco...

This latest thing is just completely undemocratic - who voted for having all their communications monitored, eh, eh?  cussing:
Title: Re: Government to monitor every call and e-mail
Post by: The Moan Ranger on October 06, 2008, 08:30:20 AM
http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/
Title: Re: Government to monitor every call and e-mail
Post by: Nick on October 06, 2008, 08:39:29 AM
There is no doubt they will screwit up, so it will cost £24 billion and still not work
Title: Re: Government to monitor every call and e-mail
Post by: Uncle Mort on October 06, 2008, 08:54:04 AM
http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/


I like the photo he's used. Looks like a still from an OU TV programme.  ;)
Title: Re: Government to monitor every call and e-mail
Post by: Grumpmeister on October 06, 2008, 10:00:57 AM
http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=4260.0 (http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=4260.0)  whistle:
Title: Re: Government to monitor every call and e-mail
Post by: Snoopy on October 06, 2008, 10:07:51 AM
"If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear"  angel1
Title: Re: Government to monitor every call and e-mail
Post by: Grumpmeister on October 06, 2008, 10:32:55 AM
Thats true, and we have nothing to hide. We are extremely vocal in our oppinions of the total and utter incompetence and arrogance of this government.  ;D
Title: Re: Government to monitor every call and e-mail
Post by: Grumpmeister on October 06, 2008, 02:34:55 PM
I already know how to scupper this system anyway. Seeing as we won't be able to stop them from implementing it all we have to do is wait a little while once its up and 'running' and then send an official data request to the government. Given that they couldnt organise  a piss up in a brewery I can see the system being scrapped due to the fines issues by the information commisioner and news coverage when it appears that Brown & co aren't providing the requested information.