Germany Implements Sweeping Data Retention Policies

G'Quann writes "Starting next year, all communication providers in Germany will have to store all connection data for six months. This includes not only phone calls but also IP addresses and e-mail headers. There had been a lot of protest against the new law, but it was ignored by the government. Quoting: 'The content of the communications is not stored. The bill had been heavily criticized. Privacy [advocates] had organized demonstrations against the bill in all major German cities at the beginning of this week. In October there had already been a large demonstration with thousands of participants in Germany's capital Berlin. All opposition parties voted against the bill. Several members of the opposition and several hundred private protesters announced a constitutional complaint.'"

Germany is officially off my list

[jhfry]

... of countries to escape to when things continue to get worse here in the US!

Maybe somewhere in the Swiss Alps?

Re:I almost posted this in the AT&T spying com

[Tackhead]

On the Internet, they came first for Zimmerman and PGP, and I didn't speak up because nobody could figure out how to integrate it into an email client anyway;
And then they came for the warez d00dz, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a pirate;
And then they came for Napster, and I didn't speak up because I had .torrents;
And then they came for my traffic, and by that time Request timed out.

All I have to say is ...

[ScrewMaster]

Hey Germany! How does that gaping hole in your left podal extremity feel?

Re:Hm, I just wondered...

[flyingfsck]

Or ICMP packets? That will be *really* useful.

Re:At least they saw it coming

[ArcherB]

I see you were modded (-1 Truth)

Re:IP address tracking: means your ISP IP address

[jo42]

Time to invest in storage companies, nyet komrade?

Re:At least they saw it coming

[eggnoglatte]

Well, last time I checked -23 is less than 20, so the GP is right ;-)

20 (maybe less) years and we are in 1984.

Im confused, its 2007 isn't it?

Re:Fascism Anyone?

[deimtee]

Mod parent DoublePlusGood.

Re:At least they saw it coming

[maxwell demon]

Well, just add to every email the header

X-Terrorist: No

and you should be safe. :-)