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The state isn't going to read all your email - it's worse than that
deary65
Posts: 818 Forumite
The last few weeks have seen the government officially acknowledge
plans to monitor the online activities of every UK resident, as part
of something now called the 'Communications Data Development
Programme'. We have been here before: Jacqui Smith was promoting
something similar, the 'Intercept Modernisation Programme' back in
2009.
The idea is to make all internet and telecoms providers monitor and
store more details of mobile and internet use by their customers, and
install ‘black boxes' in their datacentres to allow direct access by
government departments to the records.
+ What does this mean?
This is popularly called 'the government reading everyone's emails' -
and dramatised by strange protest such as copying all mail to the Home
Secretary, or putting the word 'bomb' in every message. But that's a
misunderstanding. Traffic data tells a different story to reading
mail. And a much more detailed one: who you contact, how, where from,
for how long, what you read and watch, what games you play, what you
search for; all your online and telephone habits and most of the
technical details of your equipment and software.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/17/tim-berners-lee-monitoring-internet
plans to monitor the online activities of every UK resident, as part
of something now called the 'Communications Data Development
Programme'. We have been here before: Jacqui Smith was promoting
something similar, the 'Intercept Modernisation Programme' back in
2009.
The idea is to make all internet and telecoms providers monitor and
store more details of mobile and internet use by their customers, and
install ‘black boxes' in their datacentres to allow direct access by
government departments to the records.
+ What does this mean?
This is popularly called 'the government reading everyone's emails' -
and dramatised by strange protest such as copying all mail to the Home
Secretary, or putting the word 'bomb' in every message. But that's a
misunderstanding. Traffic data tells a different story to reading
mail. And a much more detailed one: who you contact, how, where from,
for how long, what you read and watch, what games you play, what you
search for; all your online and telephone habits and most of the
technical details of your equipment and software.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/17/tim-berners-lee-monitoring-internet
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And the problem is?0
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They're welcome to read mine, I've about 35,000 unread emails in my Inbox. Maybe there's a gravy boat job out there somewhere where I get paid to read all my own email ..... probably is if I'd gone to Eton.0
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Well it is ok now because the govt are all nice people who wouldn't do anything that was unfair or arbitrary....but who knows in future their might be a very right or left wing govt that tried to impose their views on race or sexuality for example and made holding views that many of us do illegal in which case having every piece of communication monitored might be a big problem.I think....0
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It's pretty naive to assume we aren't already being monitored to a far greater degree than even the most fevered Guardian writer might imagine.0
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I think we flatter ourselves to think that anybody cares about our trivial emails.0
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We are so apathetic these days - if we do not protect our freedoms (however limited) now we will not be in any position to do anything about it if we have a govt doing things we vehemently object to.
Just like in the far east as long as we are economically keeping up with the Jonses's should we not care whether we have self determination?I think....0 -
We are so apathetic these days - if we do not protect our freedoms (however limited) now we will not be in any position to do anything about it if we have a govt doing things we vehemently object to.
We don't need to wait. There have already been cases of local councils using powers nominally created for security service and police use, to spy on locals.0 -
We are so apathetic these days - if we do not protect our freedoms (however limited) now we will not be in any position to do anything about it if we have a govt doing things we vehemently object to.
Just like in the far east as long as we are economically keeping up with the Jonses's should we not care whether we have self determination?
What freedoms are threatened?0
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