Re: FW: U.K. Labour government backs 7-yr storage of email, phone calls
Gudleik Rasch-Halvorsen <gudleik@nHn.no> wrote:
>On 23-05-01 07:56, Troy Guinn wrote:
>> From: "Declan McCullagh" <declan@well.com>
>> > 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."
>
>Start using pgp now!
>Then they can snoop around as much as they want :-)
Doesn't help if you live in the UK, where failing to disclose your
encryption key makes you guilty until proven innocent.
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Colin Watson [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]
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