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Story: Super-Asbos planned for cybercriminals
Posted by: Dean (Wednesday 19 July 2006, 2:46 PM)
Being an ex-police officer, this is one step closer to big brother. The police, being the police will have the power to twist this to their own ends and police do do that, the same way lawyers twist and find loopholes in the law to get crooks off. The guy from the U.S. got it right. A criminal isn't a criminal until they have been convicted of a criminal offence or everyone is innocent until being proven guilty.
Imagine for a monent that you were charged with hacking crimes, went to court and the case was dismissed through lack of evidence and you have been prvoed to be innocent of the crime. The police however could still impose these ASBOS and go through your private/business financial dealings even though you are an innocent person. Also, who would be suspect. Theoretically anybody could be a suspect if they had access to a computer and an internet connection. The consequence of this is that this power could be used to investigate other activities under the guise of hacking.
The judiciary is there for a reason.
Full Talkback thread
Story: Super-Asbos planned for cybercriminals
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I'm in favour of such measures in principle.
Surel... Richard Pettigrew -
Powerfull laws need to be executed by the right pe... Arthur B.
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I don't know about UK, but in the US, you can't ca... chris
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We don't like you and you haven't got any pow... Steve B -
Since half the economy or more uses comp... Robin Hayden -
Being an ex-police officer, this is one step... Dean -
The one bit that stands out like a sore... Anonymous -
From the land that once boasted about "the presump... Anonymous
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Why not just throw everyone in prison just in case... Anonymous
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When can we have ASBOs for politicians? It s... David B Wildgoose
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I'm seething about this. We have a Scot... David B Wildgoose
