🚀 go-pugleaf

fu set to uk.net.regulation, for the simple reason that I'm pissed off
of reading all this crap in multiple ngs, uk.net.regulation was set up
specifically for the discussion of such issues, and it makes sense for
those who wish to discuss them to subscribe to that group.

"pisces" <pisces48@yahoo.com> wrote:

>(you must be logged in to vote)
> For     Against     Abstain
>
>http://www.yougov.com/pp.jsp;jsessionid=1wb2pvn8k2?news.id=20016033
>Blunkett's proposals on internet privacy: for or against

Oh right, so I have to add my email address to your "live spammables"
collection before I vote eh? Are you sure this isn't an email address
harvesting exercise.

Anyway, as I reserve the right to be paranoid, and as this post looks
almost as evocative as those fax scams that I keep receiving that are
designed to make me spend a tenner on faxing back a response, I
decline to respond using your selected method, as I don't trust it one
bit!

>Part 11 of the anti-terrorism, crime and security bill will allow 
>the SoS to require that internet service providers (ISPs) keep a 
>record of their customers' internet activity.

However, access to the stored records will still be subject to RIPA,
which means that although the data may be stored, there is no open
access to the stored data by the police, security forces, tax office
etc. Investigators will still need to identify persons whom they wish
to investigate prior to requesting data relevant to those persons
activities.

Not only that, but in many cases, the logging carried out by ISPs will
be little more than that already carried out to prevent fraudulent
use, and abuse of, their networks and the internet.

However, it does amuse me to see ll the little paranoid androids
running around in circles imagining that PC plod down the local nick
has got time to and can read all their email.

Rgds
Denis
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