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Sunday, April 01, 2012

BRITISH GOVERNMENT SEEKING AUTHORITY TO MONITOR THE NEXUS OF ALL BRITISH EMAIL AND WEBSITE USAGE IN REAL TIME


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. 
... 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. They would also be able to see which websites someone had visited.
THIS SEEMS REASONABLE TO ME. AM I WRONG?

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