ISP Involvement May Stem P2P Usage in UK
ISP Involvement May Stem P2P Usage in UK: “If studies and surveys are any indication of the truth, UK residents would put to an end their P2P ways if ISPs started getting involved with copyright…
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Jenni Russell: The all-seeing state is about to end privacy as we know it
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’
Anti-terror plan ‘proportionate’: “Counter-terrorism laws must not move Britain towards a ‘Big Brother’ society, security minister Lord West says” (Via BBC News.)
MoD computer hard drive missing
MoD computer hard drive missing: “Police investigate the loss of a computer hard drive which could hold details of about 100,000 Armed Forces personnel.” (Via BBC News.)
Brussels bounces BT-Phorm quiz back to UK.gov
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…
UK.gov £12bn comms überdatabase ‘wouldn’t spot terrorists’
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…
Porn, abuse, depravity – and how they plan to stop it
Porn, abuse, depravity – and how they plan to stop it: “ Part one: Strangling content Policing the Internet Contrary to popular belief, the government and police forces have hitherto not exerted a great deal…
Home Office defends retaining comms data
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…
Daily Mail: Holocaust denier David Irving compares British justice to Nazi Germany in court outburst
Holocaust denier David Irving compares British justice to Nazi Germany in court outburst | Mail Online By Rebecca Camber, Last updated at 12:58 AM on 04th October 2008 Disgraced historian David Irving yesterday compared British…
Spy chiefs plot £12bn IT spree for comms überdatabase
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…