Government to monitor Internet Use
09-04-2012, 09:19
|
#76
|
laeva recumbens anguis
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 67
Services: Premiere Collection
Posts: 42,099
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mactire
Prevention is better than cure.. is all Im sayin'
|
Might be a bit difficult to close down the Internet......
__________________
There is always light.
If only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
If my post is in bold and this colour, it's a Moderator Request.
|
|
|
09-04-2012, 09:46
|
#77
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 16,325
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
As such, they are going to switch to encrypted communications that are bounced off many proxies.
|
Or just use an open wifi connection. there's 1,000's out there.
because it's being 'monitored' you'll probably get loads of people messing about by connecting to an open wifi and saying where they're going to put the bomb.
then we'll have that much distruption that someone will smack Dave's head and say DOH!
|
|
|
05-05-2012, 13:15
|
#78
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 16,760
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fawkes
Guess what Matt?
Refused.
|
The Home Office has failed to respond to my request, despite the law stating that they must respond promptly and within 20 working days.
So... I've requested an Internal Review
WhatDoTheyKnow.com - "Theresa May's Internet History"
|
|
|
05-05-2012, 14:53
|
#79
|
Inactive
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Manchester
Age: 47
Services: VM: 120M Broadband,
TV + Landline
Posts: 471
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
That's so not like the Home Office to miss a deadline!
__________________
'It's only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realise how often they burst into flames.' -Harry Hill
|
|
|
05-05-2012, 15:24
|
#80
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 16,760
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
Yes, they do seem to have a problem with using calendars
|
|
|
09-05-2012, 11:45
|
#81
|
Remoaner
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 32,227
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
The government has included this in the Queens Speech. They look like they are going to try and do it.
|
|
|
09-05-2012, 13:02
|
#82
|
RIP Tigger - 12 years?!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Bolton
Age: 58
Services: EE Superfast Broadband
Posts: 1,434
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
No, my concern is this... They introduced the last law saying it was to catch terrorists. Clearly it hasn't worked as well as they want, as they want the new law. What will they want in three years time when this fails?
|
Well spotted there, Stuart.
It hasn't worked at all as far as I can see. And, three years? I doubt they'll even wait that long. They'll have to get it in before the next general election, especially as I read somewhere that the Lib Dems are talking about leaving the coalition.
__________________
"People tend to confuse the words 'new' and 'improved'."
- Agent Phil Coulson, S.H.I.E.L.D.
|
|
|
09-05-2012, 18:40
|
#83
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 16,760
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
So, the Home Office finally replied to my FOI request asking for Theresa May's Internet History... and surprise surprise, they claim they had no records of my original request! Funny, that...
Quote:
We are confident that we have carried out the necessary checks and have found no records of your original request on any of our systems
|
As such, the clock has been reset, and they are taking the 4th of May as the official start date, which gives them another month to avoid answering...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien
The government has included this in the Queens Speech. They look like they are going to try and do it.
|
Yep
"Queen's Speech: Internet monitoring plan to have 'strict safeguards' "
Quote:
Originally Posted by BBC News
Plans to make it easier for the police and intelligence agencies to monitor e-mails, phone calls and internet use have been unveiled, but with promises of "strict safeguards".
The Draft Communications Bill would update existing procedures for allowing access to "vital" information.
This includes phone numbers and e-mail addresses but not content of messages.
Civil liberties groups said they were dismayed by the plan, which they described as a "snooper's charter".
(snip)
|
Bloody ridiculous, this and the porn blocking. One of the few things I liked about the Coalition two years ago was that it seemed that it may actually be better than New Labour regarding civil liberties... But noooo... they've turned out to be just another bunch of authoritarian nanny-state arses
From the same article, David Davis (the only Tory MP I like or respect) had this to say...
Quote:
Originally Posted by BBC News
And former shadow home secretary David Davis, a frequent critic of the extension of state powers, said the proposals would be costly to implement and were "very similar" to the last Labour government's plans for a communications database dropped following Tory opposition.
He told MPs it would be "pretty straightforward" for terrorists to avoid scrutiny under the plans by using proxy servers and multiple phones.
"We will create something which will not be effective against terrorism but which will be a general purpose surveillance on the entire nation."
|
|
|
|
09-05-2012, 18:54
|
#84
|
Remoaner
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 32,227
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt D
Bloody ridiculous, this and the porn blocking. One of the few good things about the Coalition two years ago was that it seemed that it may actually be better than New Labour regarding civil liberties... But noooo... they've turned out to be just another bunch of authoritarian nanny-state arses
.
|
That it isn't it? It's not just that you expected better from the Liberal Democrats but both them and the Tories were strong critics of Labour's authoritarian policies. Now, just two years into power, they are advocating measures that go beyond that Labour tried to do. Their monitoring plan is the same policy they both attacked Labour for when in opposition, it goes further than that even.
Politicians and governments lying is nothing new but the sheer audacity of introducing the same policy so near to the time you opposed it is remarkable.
|
|
|
09-05-2012, 19:01
|
#85
|
Guest
Location: newcastle upon tyne
Services: Sky Q silver bundle
Sky Q 2TB box
Sky Q mini box
Sky fibre unlimited
Sky Talk evenings and week
Posts: n/a
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
I wonder if Labour will now reverse their stance officially and start oposing this,or will they stay quiet hoping that the coalition will do their dirty work for them
|
|
|
09-05-2012, 20:07
|
#86
|
Inactive
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Manchester
Age: 47
Services: VM: 120M Broadband,
TV + Landline
Posts: 471
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt D
Bloody ridiculous, this and the porn blocking. One of the few things I liked about the Coalition two years ago was that it seemed that it may actually be better than New Labour regarding civil liberties... But noooo... they've turned out to be just another bunch of authoritarian nanny-state arses
|
Well Theresa May was against the nanny state in opposition in 2004:
Quote:
Mrs May said families did not need a nanny looking over their shoulder and "tutting disapprovingly every time they make a decision that does not meet with government approval".
Mrs May told BBC Radio 4's The World at One: "At least Mrs Hodge has admitted what many have been saying for years, that the government is intent on interfering and controlling every aspect of our lives.
"Families want the freedom to make their own choices over how they run their lives."
|
From news.bbc.co.uk
__________________
'It's only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realise how often they burst into flames.' -Harry Hill
|
|
|
09-05-2012, 20:13
|
#87
|
Inactive
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Right here!
Posts: 22,316
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt D
So, the Home Office finally replied to my FOI request asking for [URL="http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/theresa_mays_internet_history"]Theresa May's Internet History[/URL ]... and surprise surprise, they claim they had no records of my original request! Funny, that...
|
They probably lost it...
|
|
|
09-05-2012, 20:22
|
#88
|
Still REIGNING
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Hell
Age: 48
Posts: 5,956
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
Quote:
Originally Posted by Osem
They probably lost it...
|
It could be stuck in a queue
|
|
|
09-05-2012, 21:12
|
#89
|
Remoaner
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 32,227
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
Quote:
Originally Posted by martyh
I wonder if Labour will now reverse their stance officially and start oposing this,or will they stay quiet hoping that the coalition will do their dirty work for them
|
They haven't taken a clear position on it. Saying they need to see exactly what safeguards are in place yada yada yada. They aren't going to do anything, surprised Miliband can decide if he wants to get up or not in the morning. How he ever summoned the courage to stab his brother in the back is beyond me.
---------- Post added at 21:12 ---------- Previous post was at 21:09 ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fawkes
Well Theresa May was against the nanny state in opposition in 2004
|
I really wish there was a Daily Show in the UK. It's a goldmine of politicians completely reversing their positions for political rather than practical reasons. In fact you can look at the parties now and so often you see the Tories using the same arguments and sometimes policies, Labour used in power and Labour mounting the same criticisms of those arguments and policies that the Tories used.
|
|
|
09-05-2012, 21:36
|
#90
|
Inactive
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Manchester
Age: 47
Services: VM: 120M Broadband,
TV + Landline
Posts: 471
|
Re: Government to monitor Internet Use
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien
I really wish there was a Daily Show in the UK. It's a goldmine of politicians completely reversing their positions for political rather than practical reasons. In fact you can look at the parties now and so often you see the Tories using the same arguments and sometimes policies, Labour used in power and Labour mounting the same criticisms of those arguments and policies that the Tories used.
|
Sad but true, the British public are a bit like a battered house wife, the government promises to change but continues to beat us with the same tired policies. It's not even like there are plenty more fish in the sea, only sharks.
__________________
'It's only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realise how often they burst into flames.' -Harry Hill
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 15:46.
|