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Posted by: 315483 (Wednesday 11 November 2009, 11:26 AM)

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Its seems the government now simply ignore advice and carry on regardless

The government say that what they are proposing is possible but they won't say how its possible and who is going to fund it.

I personally think the ICO should look into the proposal as in my mind, this is excessive data collection and therefore against the data protection act.

Apparently everything is now for anti-terrorism reasons...what a load of old cods wallop! Its just a poor excuse for intrusions. Why record everyones conversations...why not get authorisation when required and simply target those pointed out by intelligence reports etc.

If the government try to bring this in by ignoring everyone...everyone (including ISP's) should in turn ignore the government...just don't do it / turn your back on them.

Soon our internet access will be controlled like in China and it will all be in the name of anti-terrorism.

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