[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17576745

The government will be able to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of everyone in the UK under new legislation set to be announced soon.

Internet firms will be required to give intelligence agency GCHQ access to communications on demand, in real time.

The Home Office says the move is key to tackling crime and terrorism, but civil liberties groups have criticised it.

Attempts by the last Labour government to take similar steps failed after huge opposition, including from the Tories.

A new law - which may be announced in the forthcoming Queen's Speech in May - would not allow GCHQ to access the content of emails, calls or messages without a warrant.

But it would enable intelligence officers to identify who an individual or group is in contact with, how often and for how long.

And, given recent revelations about phone hacking and database disclosures, how long would such information remain secret ?

It would be the thin end of the wedge into a Big Brother world .....

Nick Pickles, director of the Big Brother Watch campaign group, called the move "an unprecedented step that will see Britain adopt the same kind of surveillance seen in China and Iran".

The previous Labour government attempted to introduce a central, government-run database of everyone's phone calls and emails, but eventually dropped the bid in the face of widespread anger (see below).

[joeysteele]

Labour tried to do this, and failed to pursue it due to massive opposition to it, oddly enough by the Conservative party then too,now they are advocating doing it.

If it was that much wrong before,for me it is still wrong now. I don't feel this policy can be trusted enough.

[Jack_]

As per usual, our civil liberties are being curbed in the name of counter terrorism

[Patrick]

I honestly don't get why we don't unite and do something about it - like every country that this law is being put into action in.

That Kony Bollocks, the way that was hyped up - people should 'rebel' and sh*t the way they made out in that video, if people kicked up as big a fuss about this as they did over that Kony sh*te then maybe the government wouldn't feel they could get away with it so easily, because people just seem to take this lieing down.

[Niall]

Tbh, if you have nothing to hide then you should have nothing to get flustered about.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Niall

Tbh, if you have nothing to hide then you should have nothing to get flustered about.

Everybody's got something to hide .....

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Niall

Tbh, if you have nothing to hide then you should have nothing to get flustered about.

You could use that to justify the most oppresive and intrusive measures though, I've nothing criminal to hide but that doesn't mean I'm comfortable with the state making such a blatant violation of privacy

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Niall

Tbh, if you have nothing to hide then you should have nothing to get flustered about.

That's what they'd like you to believe. Personally, I don't think I'm all that trusting that my information wouldn't end up in the wrong hands.

Originally Posted by MTVN

You could use that to justify the most oppresive and intrusive measures though, I've nothing criminal to hide but that doesn't mean I'm comfortable with the state making such a blatant violation of privacy

And this.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niall

Tbh, if you have nothing to hide then you should have nothing to get flustered about.

Won't effect all of us
business customers are at another level.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by arista

Won't effect all of us
business customers are at another level.

Why will it affect busines customers arista?

[arista]

Originally Posted by kizzy

Why will it affect busines customers arista?

It Will Not.

[letmein]

Originally Posted by Niall

Tbh, if you have nothing to hide then you should have nothing to get flustered about.

The mating call of the Commie.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Niall

Tbh, if you have nothing to hide then you should have nothing to get flustered about.

Well that's not really a good enough excuse.
If they had compulsory strip searches in the "name of terrorism", would you suggest that it is fair and you should be ok with it if you've got nothing to hide? People should still be entitled to their privacy.

[Kizzy]

I thought this was already in effect, its in the Civil Contingencies Act for counter terrorist measures.

[arista]

Originally Posted by kizzy

I thought this was already in effect, its in the Civil Contingencies Act for counter terrorist measures.

Yes it is in that Zone

[King Gizzard]

So basically a lighter worded version similar to SOPA and PIPA?

Edit: Didn't read the warrant part, lul

[Kizzy]

Do you mean RIPA nathan, are you in the uk?

[King Gizzard]

Nope I'm in Trinidad

[Marc]

What a joke! They'll be monitoring my bowel movements next.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Marc

What a joke! They'll be monitoring my bowel movements next.

Yes Germans
will do that.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Marc

What a joke! They'll be monitoring my bowel movements next.

Don't give the Govt ideas Marc, they may not have thought of that one yet.

[Shaun]

Because terrorists have hotmail accounts.

[Shaun]

blowitupbaby@hotmail.com wrote:
hey mohamed hows it goin cant wait to see u in chicago dont forget the chlorine! x

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Shaun

blowitupbaby@hotmail.com wrote:
hey mohamed hows it goin cant wait to see u in chicago dont forget the chlorine! x

sacrificingmyselftogod@msn.co.uk wrote:
I won't forget it, don't forget to pack your swim trucks Ahmed x

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Originally Posted by Shaun

blowitupbaby@hotmail.com wrote:
hey mohamed hows it goin cant wait to see u in chicago dont forget the chlorine! x