On 23-05-01 07:56, Troy Guinn wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 1984, anyone? :) > > Later, > Troy > > - ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Declan McCullagh" <declan@well.com> > To: <politech@politechbot.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 8:21 AM > Subject: FC: U.K. Labour government backs 7-yr storage of email, > phone calls > > > > --- > > Background: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02035.html > > --- > > > > Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 14:25:46 +0300 (EET DST) > > From: Jei <jei@cc.hut.fi> > > To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk > > Cc: politech@politechbot.com > > Subject: Labour supports email spy policy > > > > > > More snooping to come > > http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/display_news.cfm?NewsID=1124 > > > > by Wendy Brewer > > Friday, 18 May 2001 > > > > Labour supports email spy policy > > > > The government is backing EU plans to extend the state's power to > > snoop at private emails. > > > > Under the proposals, all email communications will have to be > > retained by ISPs for a seven-year period. > > > > "Only people who have something to hide should be worried," said a > > spokesperson at the Department of Trade and Industry. "The > > government will only have cause to browse emails if they have their > > suspicions about a > user. > > They simply don't have the time or money to check every email > > sent." > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology > > mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains > > intact. > > To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html > > This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Start using pgp now! Then they can snoop around as much as they want :-) -- .gúðlËík
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