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UK Government To Outsource Data Snooping and Storage 114

bone_idol writes "The Guardian is reporting that the private sector will be asked to manage and run a communications database that will keep track of everyone's calls, emails, texts and internet use under a key option contained in a consultation paper to be published next month by Jacqui Smith, the home secretary. Also covered on the BBC."
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UK Government To Outsource Data Snooping and Storage

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  • Re:Please... (Score:2, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 02, 2009 @09:02AM (#26298871)

    He asked for a sane country. "Any country in the EU" won't do.

    I live in Finland. We here have internet censorship.

    It is illegal to question holocaust in France. (Not that I personally would deny it but making it illegal to deny takes it off the list of sane countries)

    I could probably find examples from most other countries too. It is really hard to find a western country which still respects freedom.

    Switzerland would do but they have pretty strict immigration policy...

  • Comment removed (Score:4, Interesting)

    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Friday January 02, 2009 @10:07AM (#26299255)
    Comment removed based on user account deletion

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