Plan to monitor all Internet use

[LeeroyJenkins]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8020039.stm

So it begins.

[Technologic]

Not done by the government, information to be held by companies which they do anyway. Google stores all searches + IPs anyway. Police have to ask the companies for information

[mangle]

I have nothing to hide tbh so let them.

[Moh]

What ever happened to freedom?

[dirrty]

What ever happened to freedom?

it never existed.

[-:Undertaker:-]

What ever happened to freedom?

Freedom has slowly been taken away by the European Union who have ruined almost everything they have touched in the United Kingdom; agriculture, fishing - you name it. Then you have companies such as Google who are going much too far with google street tours - it is going too far now. There must be a point where we can put our foot down and say heres the line, it must not be crossed.

[FlyingJesus]

Communication service providers (CSPs) will be asked to record internet contacts between people, but not the content, similar to the existing arrangements to log telephone contacts.

It doesn't matter. Basically they can tell if you've made a connection somewhere but they aren't logging MSN conversations and all that. I'm pretty sure this is already possible to do anyway and has been for years through that lovely index.dat

[GommeInc]

So it's more conversations with people than internet use in general? Bit mis-leading this thread :/

[tm]

They wouldn't be able to actually record or read it all. It'd be a staggering amount of data if they tried to track everyone.

They'd no doubt use it as a 'when needed' power to monitor chat/data from people they suspect of crimes.

[Hushie]

What ever happened to freedom?

What ever happened to criminals being punished?