UK launches massive, one-year program to archive every email

[sarcasmo]

Source: Yahoo Tech

Snip< In a move that even the most nonchalant of privacy advocates is crying foul over, the UK has put into effect a European Union directive which mandates the archival of information regarding virtually all internet traffic for the next 12 months. The program formally goes into effect today.

Snip< Technically the new directive applies to all countries of the EU, but individual nations appear to be complying with the rules to various degrees. Privacy-obsessed Sweden is reportedly ignoring the rule completely, for example.

Read more: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/136610

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Big Brother in full bloom.

[msongs]

1. just like thos recent British TV shows they've been showing on PBS nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. they obviously haven't got anythng better to do

Sweden is very appealing

[sarcasmo]

6. That caught my attention. Sweden values privacy and has a better standard of living than the U.S.

My opinion of course.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. I visited Sweden in the 80s and I was impressed!

[sarcasmo]

9. We have about half a dozen Swedes on the Red Wings. They never receive negative

media attention.

[ardvark]

11. easy to do, when your society focusses on the citizen

instead of everything else, first

[NeedleCast]

3. Paying taxes so the government can fund spying on you paying taxes

wow

[bemildred]

4. Why not just collect dirt? Grass clippings?

Are these people morons?

[depakid]

5. Wonder if once Cameron takes over, this sort of nonsense will continue?

It's got to be costing a pretty penny ....

[TBF]

7. Wonder how long before they are doing it here? n/t

[ardvark]

10. I just saw this - unreal - if I were in UK, I'd go paper-mail from that point on

even though, I have nothing to hide

[dipsydoodle]

14. Lot to be said for

fax machines. :)

[Hawkeye-X]

12. Reason #1,424,425,238 to encrypt your email with 2048 bit PGP

before sending it out.

[dipsydoodle]

13. And doubtless the whole lot will be stored

in the USA.x(

[LadyJenny]

15. Damn

Let's hope we don't go that far around here. I'm about to revert to the good ol' snail mail.

[ardvark]

16. At least in the UK, they'll tell you they're doing it

Here in the USA, you might never know

remember, they turned over a bunch of phone records a few years back

[Posteritatis]

17. Ugh, that's a nearly Australian level of evil policy (nt)

[katty]

18. aka: project waste time&$

[AndyTiedye]

19. Be Sure To Send Them Lots of SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM

Fill their archives up with SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM,
SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM,
SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM,
SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM

[fascisthunter]

20. sick

[L. Coyote]

21. Wouldn't studying snowflakes be more fun?

Just about anything :rofl:

[ozu]

22. Home Office has always struck me as being very ominous sounding. n/t

[Alamuti Lotus]

23. '1984' was NOT a goddamn instruction manual!

[dipsydoodle]

24. No but

Brazil was.

[T_i_B]

25. New Labour would disagree.

Embarrasing I know.