In the UK, Big Brother Recedes and Advances 176
PeterAitch writes "The UK government's Home Office has put a hold on their surveillance project to track details of everybody's email, mobile phone, text, and Web use after being warned of problems with privacy as well as technical feasibility and high costs." Four hours before the above Guardian story was filed, the BBC reported that the same Home Office insisted that it will push ahead with plans "to compel communication service providers to collect and retain records of communications from a wider range of internet sources, from social networks through to chatrooms and unorthodox methods, such as within online games."
More jobs! (Score:4, Funny)
This is good news, because it creates more jobs so that half the people in the UK can watch the other half all the time, and then they swap over every so often.
No one will be without a job then, and we solve the terrorist problem in one shot!
Re:More jobs! (Score:4, Funny)
Dude you just used "UK", "terrorist", "jobs", "problem", "half the people in the UK" and "in one shot" in a slashdot post.
You should've posted anonymously!
If you are from the UK you are screwed bro...
Re:More jobs! (Score:1, Funny)
No, he's OK - I'm supposed to be keeping an eye on him but I'm on an early liquid lunch. This isn't East Germany, you know; if a thing's worth doing it's worth doing badly.