Tuesday, May 20, 2008

What if the Government Recorded All Phone Calls and Email

The BBC reports that ministers are considering a plan drafted by the British "Home Office" for "a database of electronic information holding details of every phone call and e-mail sent". Seriously.

"The spokesman said changes need to be made to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 'to ensure that public authorities can continue to obtain and have access to communications data essential for counter-terrorism and investigation of crime purposes.'"

Gizmodo points out "Seriously, what is going on in England? Isn't this the country that produced 1984? Has anyone read it lately? Because between the insane number of closed circuit cameras placed around Britain and now the governments desire to have an active database of every single phone call and email sent in the country, it's beginning to look like Big Brother is alive and well across the pond."

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