Has this not been mentioned already?



Is there a suitable emoticon for "I don't know how to respond to that"?

It's ok though, it can only be used if a senior officer believes it to be proportionate. So it would only be used in serious cases, like checking people's refuse or seeing if they are trying to fiddle the local schools admission policy.

I'm more concerned about the proposals for monitoring and recording emails, texts etc, and they want to outsource this to a 3rd party. Orwellian measures and the complete lack of faith I have with unknowns having access to my personal data.

Just following in America's footsteps. It's nothing to worry about - just ask President Bush.

And those with nefarious intentions will just encrypt all traffic and route through anonymous IP servers (hang on they already do, doh).

 

Thus rendering the whole idea useless in one go.

 

Actually I read somewhere that they intend to do this by infecting EVERY PC with a trojan/virus. The only way I see this possible is via a virus checker update or through windows update.

 

Imagine that, you update your virus checker and it legally installs a government ordered trojan. I'm sure though that not long after there will be 3rd party hacks to remove any infection.

Yeah, but then the government request all IP-logs from the ISPs, and any IP's that haven't pinged back as 'trojan successfully installed and performing' will be investigated.

it's not a new thing, just getting a bit higher profile now ~

This new one apparently permits authorities to legally break into suspects homes or office to install bugging devices and software without a warrant, from which evidence obtained by this is admissible in court.

That's the scary bit.

it's all scary - people have been calling me paranoid for years, now they are starting to see what I was getting at.

Would that be the people who live in the walls? The ones who pull your hair out at night?

it's mostly those bastards under the bed
and a few out in the shed

 

and who said there was something wrong with my hair?
does it look like someone is pulling it out?
it's ok ... isn't it ??? ...

Jeez... paranoid or what?

That's got to be in contravention of some limp-wristed, barely known, unenforced EU legislation that everyone laughs at (especially in France) though.