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The UK will begin internet surveillance soon

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Masterhawk said:
Recently, a bill was passed in parliament to make internet providers record which websites users visit.

Your entire internet history to be viewable by PSNI, taxman, DWP and Food Standards Agency and other government bodies within weeks - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

Fortunately, no law like this has passed in the US but there were a couple close calls such as SOPA and the Protecting of children from internet pornographers act but neither saw any actual legislative vote.
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Come on, who didn't think that government would eventually find a way to reign in the freedom that the internet initially provided?
 
Masterhawk said:
Recently, a bill was passed in parliament to make internet providers record which websites users visit.

Your entire internet history to be viewable by PSNI, taxman, DWP and Food Standards Agency and other government bodies within weeks - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

Fortunately, no law like this has passed in the US but there were a couple close calls such as SOPA and the Protecting of children from internet pornographers act but neither saw any actual legislative vote.
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I don't trust the systems we have in place to control government and ensure punishment of government personnel and politicians enough. Nope, that's far too much power to grant government at this time.

The second problem is evidenced by recent spectacular hacking. That kind of database is vulnerable to hacking and cannot guarantee the citizens' sensitive information's integrity.

Government might be creating a really dangerous instrument for the citizens.
 
Masterhawk said:
Recently, a bill was passed in parliament to make internet providers record which websites users visit.
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From here: Freedom of information, excerpt:

Freedom of information is an extension of freedom of speech, a fundamental human right recognized in international law, which is today understood more generally as freedom of expression in any medium, be it orally, in writing, print, through the Internet or through art forms.[cit This means that the protection of freedom of speech as a right includes not only the content, but also the means of expression.

Freedom of information also refers to the right to privacy in the content of the Internet and information technology. As with the right to freedom of expression, the right to privacy is a recognised human right and freedom of information acts as an extension to this right. Lastly, freedom of information can include opposition to patents, opposition to copyrights or opposition to intellectual property in general. The international and United States Pirate Party have established political platforms based largely on freedom of information issues.
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Finally, it is a law that must be upheld by the supreme court of the land. In the UK, that would be upper-chamber (of Lords), I think.

Just trying to clarify the subject. I am all for freedom of speech/information, with the expressed exclusion of invective (or what the Yanks call "flaming").

Which, to me, are one in the same ... with the sole exception separating them being the use of profanity ...
 
Lafayette said:
From here: Freedom of information, excerpt:



Finally, it is a law that must be upheld by the supreme court of the land. In the UK, that would be upper-chamber (of Lords), I think.

Just trying to clarify the subject. I am all for freedom of speech/information, with the expressed exclusion of invective (or what the Yanks call "flaming").

Which, to me, are one in the same ... with the sole exception separating them being the use of profanity ...
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Freedom of speech must protect flaming in order to be true freedom of speech
 
Bah, they're just working to make official what they've been doing all along anyway.
 
EMNofSeattle said:
Freedom of speech must protect flaming in order to be true freedom of speech
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Nope, freedom of speech is limited to speech. (From dictionary: the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.)

Flaming is not speech, it is sarcasm and invective.

Learn the difference ...
 
Good thing and I hope they will do that everywhere. If you do not do anything wrong, than you do not have anything to worry about. That being said, the holders of all that information should do everything within their power to make sure that this information is not accessible to everyone and can not be abused.


Joey
 
JoeyJoystick said:
Good thing and I hope they will do that everywhere. If you do not do anything wrong, than you do not have anything to worry about.
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reminds me of how right wingers defended the "patriot" act.

JoeyJoystick said:
That being said, the holders of all that information should do everything within their power to make sure that this information is not accessible to everyone and can not be abused.
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yeah. i'm sure that this will certainly be the case. also, it's lucky that data repositories almost never get hacked.
 
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