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Internet black boxes to record every email and website visit

telegraph.co.uk — Under Government plans to monitor internet traffic, raw data would be collected and stored by the black boxes before being transferred to a giant central database.

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  • chicagojack, on 11/05/2008, -0/+118big brother IS watching
  • habbofresh, on 11/05/2008, -1/+104Man, if big brother wanted porn, they could just ASK me.
  • ScottMcIntyre, on 11/05/2008, -1/+55The UK is, arguably, one of the most monitored countries in the world. While it could be argued these measures could help in the fight against criminality and terrorism, they are major infringements on the civil liberties of ordinary folk. Even the Information Commissioner (the government official responsible for overseeing Freedom of Information is against this:

    QFA: "Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner, has described it as a "step too far"
  • haikuFU, on 11/05/2008, -2/+44Uh, isn't this article talking about the UK, not the US?

    You do know that Obama is only president of the US, right?
  • inactive, on 11/05/2008, -6/+37They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

    Benjamin Franklin
  • AManWithNoName, on 11/05/2008, -1/+27Damn, you limeys are *****.
    (looks at patriot act, FISA, etc.)
    *****
  • inactive, on 11/05/2008, -5/+31"Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither, and will lose both" - Benjamin Franklin
  • evereddie, on 11/05/2008, -1/+24All your data are belong to US.
    Uhmm......belong to UK.
  • SilverBlade2k, on 11/05/2008, -2/+223 letters:

    SSL
  • AmyVernon, on 11/05/2008, -1/+20and keeping track.
  • arcangelgabriel, on 11/05/2008, -0/+14"Under Government plans to monitor internet traffic, raw data would be collected and stored by the black boxes before being transferred to a giant central database."

    If you think this is new you've been sleeping.

    Alot.
  • AmyVernon, on 11/05/2008, -0/+14You betcha. In fact, Gordon Brown just sent me an e-mail asking me what I knew about someone named Scott McIntyre and if I'd be willing to testify against him at the inquest.
  • zillans, on 11/05/2008, -1/+14No fair.... Virtual machine with a connection from an unmonitored country anyone?
  • inactive, on 11/05/2008, -6/+19You are right! Obama would never consider censoring any type of medium such as television interviews, talk radio.. oh wait... nevermind
  • dukeeeey, on 11/05/2008, -0/+13sounds like freedom boxes to me
    lol
  • Barnettizer, on 11/05/2008, -1/+13what a sad state of affairs, i forsee the uprising of the next internet "vX.0"... soon ALL traffic will be encrypted.
  • inactive, on 11/06/2008, -0/+11This is equivalent to "We will search your house and seize any evidence we want to without a warrant. We will get one later if it ever becomes necessary."
  • striker1211, on 11/06/2008, -0/+10Biden: "You're next America!"
  • OmegaWolf, on 11/05/2008, -0/+10Everyone in the UK, invest in encryption software! Let the government try to decrypt every bit of data!
  • SilverBlade2k, on 11/06/2008, -1/+11There goes online shopping, I guess..
  • sockpuppets, on 11/05/2008, -1/+11"Well, sir, it's this rug I have. It really tied the room together." - The Dude
  • vtbarrera, on 02/03/2009, -2/+11and whacking off to those hot and steamy emails.
  • compressedaudio, on 11/06/2008, -0/+8This MUST NOT happen!
    It would be no different than a camera following me around all day monitoring everything I did.

    UK residents, please sign the petition: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/privacy-matters/
  • inactive, on 11/05/2008, -2/+10i thought gmail was already doing this?
  • asmusick, on 11/05/2008, -1/+9(_|_)
  • BXRWXR, on 11/05/2008, -1/+9It doesn't matter anyway, because I know a 100% secure way to defeat any moni
  • Shiloah, on 11/06/2008, -3/+11It's Britain, you pack of slobbering nitwits!
    BRITAIN. You know? Like ENGLAND only bigger.
    Obama is not president of Britain,
    Obama is only president of the US.
    England doesn't have a president,
    they have a Queen.
    Like Alaska.
  • Acglaphotis, on 11/06/2008, -0/+7Remember the London in V for Vendetta? Well...
  • chongli, on 11/06/2008, -0/+7Some other good links for UK residents:

    http://freenetproject.org/
    http://www.torproject.org/

    If everyone used these tools, we'd have nothing to worry about from this kind of database crap.
  • IAmRoot, on 11/05/2008, -1/+8Party doesn't really matter. Almost every politician wants more power. It's the reason behind Thomas Jefferson saying "The tree of Liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Eventually, governments get too powerful and major change needs to happen.
  • Renian, on 11/06/2008, -1/+8Don't worry, UK! George Orwell will sa--

    Wait, he's dead? And no one in the UK government is reading his books?

    ...Oh, you guys are TREMENDOUSLY *****.
  • OUSooner, on 11/05/2008, -0/+7Am I the only one scared?

    Glad I'm in the US, but it's coming here next.
  • ckopack, on 11/06/2008, -3/+10DEAR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT~

    NOW ITS TIME FOR YOU TO OFFICIALLY GO F**K YOURSELF.

    THANKS,

    THE PEOPLE THAT OWN YOU
  • Plasmatica, on 11/05/2008, -1/+7I suspected sarcasm when I read your comment, then I briefly scanned your comment history, and it reaffirmed to me that my sarcasm-o-meter is still working perfectly. And, by the way, I agree with your sentiment.
  • sHockz, on 11/05/2008, -3/+9i has ur data
  • dimadin, on 11/05/2008, -0/+6When intelligence agency in my country proposed same thing this year, publicity make loud voice against it so they decided to stop that proposal.

    What people in any country where something like this tries to be made should do is to fight for their rights, because it is lie that this will prevent crime and terrorism, it's intention is to control people.

    Government must be aware that country exists because people who live in that country want that, and not that people exist for government.

    So fight for your freedom!
  • eternityawaits, on 11/05/2008, -1/+7I'm glad this isn't a credible source. I'm also glad it's not America they're talking about. :P
  • anon775, on 11/05/2008, -1/+7Tor FTW http://www.torproject.org/
  • anon775, on 11/06/2008, -2/+8I think they were trying to imply that the same thing could happen in the us
  • inactive, on 11/06/2008, -0/+6If you read the above while imagining Stewie is actually saying it, it is quite hilarious.
  • Hexxd, on 11/05/2008, -6/+11I don't understand how people can just assume what these shady lying politicians will stand up for. Obama doesn't care about you or your privacy, you are living in a fantasy world.
  • zookee, on 11/06/2008, -0/+5Am I the only one who realizes just how much computing power and storage space this "black box" would require to record every citizens internet record? Enjoy saving all of the junk information that gets transmitted between computers regularly. And what about encrypted sessions and sustained connections like computer games... do you really want to record what buttons I pressed to headshot that flag carrier in TF2? sample: "wwwwwwwwwwwwwwssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss 333333*leftmouse*"
  • ScottMcIntyre, on 11/05/2008, -1/+6and have you replied yet? ;-O
  • zippy757, on 11/06/2008, -1/+6..and then the providers will simply refuse encrypted sessions.... it's that simple. This technology already exists within customer routers by Cisco etc that are used in China and elsewhere....
  • dartmanx, on 11/05/2008, -7/+12Trusting type, aren't you? Obama will allow private usage of this data if corporations offer him enough money, just as McCain would have.
  • chongli, on 11/06/2008, -1/+6Yes, refuse all encryption and destroy the encryption-based internet economy.

    Besides, encryption can be hidden with steganography.
  • vtnerd, on 11/06/2008, -0/+5Wrong attitude.
  • AbsurdParadox, on 11/05/2008, -1/+6That's right, because rights violations in other parts of the world are okay!
  • OUSooner, on 11/06/2008, -1/+6Obama isn't the president of America.

    Not yet.

    Not for 77 days.

    Not for 77 long Bush-could-end-the-world-with-that-kind-of-time days.
  • exeprime, on 11/05/2008, -1/+6uk, people, uk.

    shish
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