Ah well, the UK is doing it again yet more Internet Traffic Monitoring – thanks to the European Data Directive (watch out rest of Europe this affects you to !) We are about to deliver the most devastating blow to privacy, the most overwhelming powers
to snoop and spy on a nation that’s been deployed to a society ever.
Internet Traffic Monitoring – Big Time
The UK Government is spending a fortune in installing probes in the datacentres of every single ISP in the UK. WHY ?
Well of course to catch all these criminals, paedophiles and terrorists that use this Internet thing. But to do this they will skim and store details of all communication by absolutely everyone in the country. They are especially keen on web browsing, social network sites – lots of the most advanced data mining techniques to be tried on this awesome amount of data.
HMM but don’t worry I’m sure it will be very restrictive who can access these Stasi like powers in the UK ?
Yep a very small list of erm select agencies will be allowed to access this information – our personal information-
43 police forces in England & Wales
8 police forces in Scotland
Police Service of Northern Ireland
British Transport Police
Port of Liverpool Police
Port of Dover Police
Royal Military Police
Royal Air Force Police
Civil Nuclear Constabulary
Ministry of Defence Police
Royal Navy Police
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
Serious Organised Crime Agency
Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency
United Kingdom Border Agency.
The Prison Service
Approximately 474 local authorities throughout the UK.
Approximately 110 *other* public authorities, including
almost all government departments, and
Serious Fraud Office
Independent Police Complaints Commission
Charity Commission
Gambling Commission
Royal Mail
Would you trust your data with that lot ? That’s all the web sites you visit, all the social networking, skype, messaging, emails etc. Unfortunately if you live in the UK police state you won’t have any choice.
Of course the UK is not the only place this is happening, probes are already in US ISPs, many eastern European countries, and in the middle east and asia – Governments have been logging your Internet access for years.
If you’ve never read George Orwells 1984 well now might be a good time, fiction is becoming fact as we speak – Internet Traffic Monitoring coming right across the planet.
