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UK goverment want email and phone database

The Times: ‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails

A massive government database holding details of every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public is being planned as part of the fight against crime and terrorism. Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms companies would hand over the records to the Home Office under plans put forward by officials.

This seems very much par for the course with this Labour government put absolutely everyone under surveillance in order to catch the criminals and terrorists. I think ministers are being lobbied by technology companies that promise more than they can deliver because the government seeks technological solutions to problems that might otherwise be solved in better ways or in ways that at least do not have a negative impact on British citizens as a whole.

This will be just a step towards a future where they keep a permanent database of every single email you receive, every website you visit and everything you download.

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