Topic: Every Email In UK To Be Monitored

[sam]

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/15/2222209&from=rss

The Communications Data Bill (2008) will lead to the creation of a single, centralized database containing records of all e-mails sent, websites visited and mobile phones used by UK citizens. In a carnivore-on-steroids programme, as all vestiges of communication privacy are stripped away, The BBC reports that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says this is a 'necessity'.

[Simon]

 ':|

[Clive]

Someone is going to have a very boring job!   

[Sandra]

I thought that Echelon at Menwith Hill had been doing that for over ten years 

Or is it only snooping on Tonys emails and phone calls, seeing as its only a few miles from where he lives 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/503224.stm

[Delgado]

Im going back to Carrier Pidgeon-no problems there!

 

[sam]

... but it also says that they should not do it if it costs too much money...  so wish ISP will?

[Simon]

They've probably been doing it for years anyway.