The Logistics of 1984
- 22nd May, 2008 at 8:53 AM
‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails
*Checks date*
Storing details of all emails in the UK? How, exactly, would that work then?
Surely, I could just use an overseas mail server and access it over an encrypted channel?
*Checks date*
Storing details of all emails in the UK? How, exactly, would that work then?
Surely, I could just use an overseas mail server and access it over an encrypted channel?
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"This site is taking part in the UK Internet User Monitor"
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Presumably it'd be illegal not to share the relevant communications data with HMG. But even if they don't get the data for every last email, so what? Many of their targets are pretty naive about interception capabilities.
A much better objection in this case would be that it'd be an unjustifiable intrusion into the privacy of the law-abiding majority.