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Big Brother Britain: Government and councils to spy on ALL our phones
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | September 30, 2007 | JASON LEWIS

Posted on 09/29/2007 11:31:20 PM PDT by Stoat

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May God Bless our Dear British Friends, and Protect them from their own Government   :-(

1 posted on 09/29/2007 11:31:22 PM PDT by Stoat
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“And they angrily questioned why the records were being made available to so many organisations.”

As they should.


2 posted on 09/29/2007 11:54:20 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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Is that “Britania” in that photo, or a younger Joan Collins? And, good sir, what is a “quango” as used in the article’s text? I couldn’t puzzle out any meaningful acronym.


3 posted on 09/29/2007 11:58:34 PM PDT by bajabaja
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From the article:

By 2009 the Government plans to extend the rules to cover internet use: the websites we have visited, the people we have emailed and phone calls made over the net.

I recall that some weeks ago, Bill O'Reilly referred to Free Republic as a "hate site", a sentiment long held by the hysterical Left.

Hopefully our British FReeper Friends won't be placed on a 'special list' and subjected to increased surveillance and harassment because they have gone to a site classified as a 'hate site', or emailed someone who has...

 

4 posted on 09/30/2007 12:04:15 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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http://freehaven.net/anonbib/topic.html

Home PC users in the UK and EU have less than a year to drastically expand the numbers of nodes in I2P networks. They either hang together or hang separately. Only through creating a extremely robust network will the government be thwarted from encapsulating the entirety of network traffic on the British Isles.


5 posted on 09/30/2007 12:05:02 AM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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Is that “Britania” in that photo, or a younger Joan Collins?

It does look a bit like Joan, doesn't it?  No, it's merely a random picture of one of God's Angels culled from the internet.

 And, good sir,

You're very kind  :-)

what is a “quango” as used in the article’s text? I couldn’t puzzle out any meaningful acronym.

Quango - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

6 posted on 09/30/2007 12:08:31 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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“If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about,” authorities said. “We’re here to help!”


7 posted on 09/30/2007 12:24:17 AM PDT by endthematrix (He was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of crap to me.)
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http://freehaven.net/anonbib/topic.html

Home PC users in the UK and EU have less than a year to drastically expand the numbers of nodes in I2P networks. They either hang together or hang separately. Only through creating a extremely robust network will the government be thwarted from encapsulating the entirety of network traffic on the British Isles.

Interesting page, and there seem to be quite a few articles pertaining to network privacy posted there..  I don't suppose there's a single, simple plan that home PC users can implement that will allow them to do as you suggest?  Most people who are not networking specialists will look at a page like that and their eyes will glaze over.

Is there a simple plan, easily understood by average folks, that you would recommend?

8 posted on 09/30/2007 12:28:26 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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“If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about,” authorities said. “We’re here to help!”

And people who do not wish to be 'helped' are placed on a 'special list'......

9 posted on 09/30/2007 12:31:41 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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The Government will be given access to details of every phone call in Britain.

LMAO!!!

10 posted on 09/30/2007 12:38:21 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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The Government will be given access to details of every phone call in Britain.

LMAO!!!

Yeah, if I were in the UK and they took an interest in monitoring my telephone, they would get pretty bored awfully quickly.

11 posted on 09/30/2007 12:40:57 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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http://www.epic.org/privacy/carnivore/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore_(FBI)

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/07/37503


12 posted on 09/30/2007 1:29:44 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (In everyday life there is more than meets the eye to reach the depths of truth we must DRAGTHEWATERS)
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hmmm I always associated Joan Collins with the devil. I wonder why...

13 posted on 09/30/2007 3:10:35 AM PDT by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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“The files will even reveal where people are when they made mobile phone calls.”
wrong.
they will reveal where the TELEPHONE was.....
This will one day be used against citizens who say un-PC things on their phones. Anyone who says “merry Christmas”, or “religion of peace” will be arrested. One day. Coming soon.


14 posted on 09/30/2007 3:21:57 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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May God Bless our Dear British Friends, and Protect them from their own Government

I wonder if the Brits finally realize why we split away from them 231 years ago?

15 posted on 09/30/2007 5:57:27 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Thinking of voting Democrat? Wake up and smell the Socialism!)
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“If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about,” authorities said. “We’re here to help!”

I wonder if this person of "authority" realizes that that works in both directions? Cockroaches rarely scatter until the light is turned on......

16 posted on 09/30/2007 5:59:50 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Thinking of voting Democrat? Wake up and smell the Socialism!)
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So what else is new?




17 posted on 09/30/2007 6:49:21 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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death to databases.

"hacker" ought to be a vocation in the church.

18 posted on 09/30/2007 8:36:06 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (life is like "a bad Saturday Night Live skit that is done in extremely bad taste.")
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Welcome to the Immigration Police State.

Had Britain not let in millions of hostile aliens over the last 40 years this would not have happened.

The only thing that will hold together such a society is a police state, one that will never end.

19 posted on 09/30/2007 8:44:42 AM PDT by Regulator
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I would suggest using Tor / Onion, inside firefox, using several other extensions to block firefox addons (quicktime, java, activeX, etc) from compromising your anonymity.

http://tor.eff.org/download.html.en is a good place to start.

https://www.ironkey.com/ is another option I haven’t read much about yet.


20 posted on 09/30/2007 11:05:30 AM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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