State to ‘spy’ on every phone call, email and web search
This is some pretty scary stuff. I don’t plan on visiting the UK any time soon or in the future. What the hell is going on over there. Just because you have the technical ability to do something, doesn’t mean you should. Geeeezzzz!!!
State to ‘spy’ on every phone call, email and web searchEvery phone call, text message, email and website visit made by private citizens is to be stored for a year and will be available for monitoring by government bodies. By Richard Edwards, Crime CorrespondentPublished: 7:00AM GMT 10 Nov 2009All telecoms companies and internet service providers will be required by law to keep a record of every customer’s personal communications, showing who they have contacted, when and where, as well as the websites they have visited.Despite widespread opposition to the increasing amount of surveillance in Britain, 653 public bodies will be given access to the information, including police, local councils, the Financial Services Authority, the ambulance service, fire authorities and even prison governors. Related Articles Snooping powers: for and against Child support investigators get new spying powers Mother condemns council for school places spying missionThey will not require the permission of a judge or a magistrate to obtain the information, but simply the authorisation of a senior police officer or the equivalent of a deputy head of department at a local authority.Ministers had originally wanted to store the information on a single government-run database, but chose not to because of privacy concerns.However the Government announced yesterday it was pressing ahead with privately held “Big Brother” databases that opposition leaders said amounted to “state-spying” and a form of “covert surveillance” on the public.
via State to ‘spy’ on every phone call, email and web search – Telegraph.
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