UK To Track All Browsing, Email, and Phone Calls 286
Sara Chan writes "The UK government plans to introduce legislation that will allow the police to track every phone call, email, text message and website visit made by the public. The information will include who is contacting whom, when and where and which websites are visited, but not the content of the conversations or messages. Every communications provider will be required to store the information for at least a year."
They already track you with cameras (Score:4, Funny)
...at every intersection in London. I guess the ACLU was unsuccessful in setting up a branch office.
V is for Vendetta! (Score:4, Funny)
Big brother loves you (Score:5, Funny)
And we've always been at war with eastasia.
How Quaint (Score:5, Funny)
The UK government plans to introduce legislation that will allow the police to track every phone call, email, text message and website visit made by the public.
How quaint -- they use laws to grant government authority for such things. Over on this side of the pond the President just declares it to be so and tells the judicial they're not allowed to hear any petitions for redress of grievances. Much simpler that way.
Re:V is for Vendetta! (Score:2, Funny)
Perhaps he was intentionally encrypting his posting - you never know who is watching!
Re:but (Score:3, Funny)
WHOOOOOOSH!
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
Re:Big brother loves you (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Senationalist headline (Score:5, Funny)
> without a hint of malice...
I beg to differ.
Malice -> from latin Malitia -> from Malus = evil; therefore "evil thing" in latin is Malum
Malum -> latin for... apple.
That's what i call a hint :D
Re:but (Score:4, Funny)
A double whoosh! Oh my god, WHAT DOES IT MEAN!? T_T
Re:Attach a simple addition (Score:4, Funny)
The people who are pushing this will never face an election. They will never be sacked. This is why the plans persist from government to government. Ministers come and go, but the civil service is permanent, and always attempting to expand.
Didn't the BBC used to have a documentary series on that aspect of the British government?
Re:They already track you with cameras (Score:4, Funny)
[citation needed]
[Citation Redacted]
Re:but (Score:4, Funny)
A double whoosh! Oh my god, WHAT DOES IT MEAN!? T_T
It means that someone completely missed the point, had it explained to them and then ... missed it again. It was actually funnier than the original joke.
Re:so true (Score:3, Funny)
It's so nice to see the lunatics on the far-right agreeing with the lunatics on the far-left. Really makes one hopeful about the future.
Don't be too sure. How did Lewis Black put it?
.... is when those little pricks work together.
The only thing dumber than a Democrat, or a Republican
Re:but (Score:4, Funny)
Triple whoosh! All the way!
Whoa! That's so intense!
Whooooooaaa-oh my god!
Wow! Woooooooooooo!
Re:They already track you with cameras (Score:2, Funny)
No, they have an office there.
Do you want to see the video of the staff meeting they had this afternoon? There's a little glare from the window, but the audio is great.