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posted by [identity profile] adjectivemarcus.livejournal.com at 06:12am on 14/11/2001
And some of it is ridiculous, I mean:
Requires internet service providers to retain data of internet and email traffic, such as itemised billing - but not content - for 12 months for use by police in serious crime investigations.
Eh? Data of net traffic but not content? So, how many sites were visited, but not what ones? How many emails were sent, but not what's in them? How the hell could that help any investigation?
MPs bypass Anti-terrorist measures agreed by EU ministers to become law in Britain without need for legislation in British parliament.
And yet we're also opting out of the Human Rights stuff. Hope they don't include any 'safeguards' in the EU Anti-Terror stuff, eh?
Incitement to religious hatred Penalty of up to seven years for using "threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour intended or likely to stir up hatred against a group of people because of their religious belief (or lack of religious belief)".
I know of (at the very least) one person who has threatened me with "an eternity of pain" (their words) for being an atheist. ;o)

As laid out these are daft. Consequently they can probably only be used if twisted for an individual's aims. Bad bad news.
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posted by [personal profile] djm4 at 07:14am on 14/11/2001
"Eh? Data of net traffic but not content?"

I suspect that is simply the toe in the door. In six month's time, David Blunkett will point out that the measure introduced in this bill isn't very useful, and amend it to allow reading of content 'to close a silly loophole that's letting terrorists escape'.

I'll be very happy to be proven too cynical on that one.
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posted by [identity profile] adjectivemarcus.livejournal.com at 07:40am on 14/11/2001
And then it will become impossible to keep up. What ISP could keep copies of emails sent for that period?
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posted by [identity profile] akicif.livejournal.com at 07:47am on 14/11/2001
I'm prepared to bet that "data" includes the address of the website (rendering it unnecessary to store "content") and the addressee of any email (ie the same info that mobile phone companies store aleady).

What's the betting it'll soon be a criminal offence to own and operate a mobile phone without some form of connected identity?

And if it's not, there's damn' all point in tracking net stuff (if they're doing it for the reasons they say they are).

And while I'd be very surprised if most people reading this hadn't already seen something similar, here's a useful thing from today's Register...
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