Jenni Russell: The all-seeing state is about to end privacy as we know it | Comment is free | The Guardian: “The all-seeing state is about to end privacy as we know it Plans for…
Anti-terror plan ‘proportionate’: “Counter-terrorism laws must not move Britain towards a ‘Big Brother’ society, security minister Lord West says” (Via BBC News.)
Brussels bounces BT-Phorm quiz back to UK.gov: “ ‘Let’s try that once more shall we?’ The European Commission has again written to the government for an explanation of UK authorities’ response to BT’s allegedly illegal…
Data-Mining for Terrorists Not ‘Feasible,’ DHS-Funded Study Finds: “Searching for terrorists in masses of electronic data doesn’t work and will lead to unacceptable privacy invasions, a government-funded commission reported Tuesday. Instead, the government should carefully…
UK.gov £12bn comms überdatabase ‘wouldn’t spot terrorists’: “ Influential US report says data mining ineffective A heavyweight US investigation of counter-terror databases has concluded that the type of intelligence mining proposed by UK spy chiefs…
Home Office defends retaining comms data: “ But hasn’t figured out how yet The Home Office has said that ministers have not yet decided how to retain data on all communications – but defended the…
Spy chiefs plot £12bn IT spree for comms überdatabase: “ Black boxes to keep Black’s firm in the black Billions of pounds of public money will soon be up for grabs for private IT contractors…
There’s no hiding place as spy HQ plans to see all – Times Online From The Sunday Times, October 5, 2008 (David Leppard) Every call you make, every e-mail you send, every website you visit…
Government will spy on every call and e-mail – Times Online From The Sunday Times, October 5, 2008 (David Leppard) Ministers are considering spending up to £12 billion on a database to monitor and store…
BT’s Phorm small print: It’s all your fault: “ ‘Daddy needs to tell you about an exciting new service called WebWise’ BT subscribers who are invited to take part in its new trial of Phorm’s…