Talk about sleep walking into a police state...
Especially as our ministers are more likely to leak info to the press, mislay important documents or simply sell it to our enemies. Can THEY be trusted with my personal information? Do they need it?
CCTV. ID Cards. Biometric passports. Airline data flogged to the US. And now this?????!!!!!!!
My eyes are wide open thats for sure.
Damned Home Depot. Sticking their noses everywhere.
All those brave men who risked, and gave, their lives during the Battle of Britain......
why did they bother?
Every last mouse click?
George Orwell was a quarter century early with his title “1984”. The UK is marching toward the world he envisioned. They don’t seem to see it, understand it, or care.
No key word stuff like Echelon? So they’ll end up with all their server memory jammed with “if you don’t send this to 20 friends within the next 2 seconds Jesus will be crucified again” nonsense.
It won’t be used to fight terrorists. It will be used to put innocent people in jail for their opinions against the death cult and the “gay marriage” crowd.
This CREEPY mania they have to film every movement of their subjects, and examine every detail is scary when compared to the zero protection available to homeowners from burglars, or the zero penalties given to people who murder their subjects just out of idle drunken fun. Looking at the Daily Mail's breaking headlines used to be interesting and educational. Now it's just tragic and depressing.
The ONE bright spot that says England is not dead is the wonderful page about the Radar Revenue cameras. I wish I had saved the URL. Hundreds and hundreds are being destroyed. The method of choice is a petrol-filled tire hung over it, though some explosives have been used. There is hope yet.