Government to monitor every call and e-mail

[Uncle Mort]

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.

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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.

 

[Barman]

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.

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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.

 

Where do all these billions come from? 

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? 

[The Moan Ranger]

http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/

[Nick]

There is no doubt they will screwit up, so it will cost £24 billion and still not work

[Uncle Mort]

http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/

I like the photo he's used. Looks like a still from an OU TV programme. 

[Grumpmeister]

http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=4260.0 

[Snoopy]

"If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear" 

[Grumpmeister]

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. 

[Grumpmeister]

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.