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Author:  pcernie [ Sun Nov 23, 2014 1:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Internet data plan back on political agenda

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A law forcing firms to hand details to police identifying who was using a computer or mobile phone at a given time is to be outlined by Theresa May.

The new measure, which is expected to be introduced to the Commons this week, would help police to identify suspects via a computer or mobile device's individual Internet Protocol (IP) address.

Each device has such an address, but they can change - such as when a modem is switched off and then on again - and are usually shared between different users.

Internet service providers currently have no business reason for holding data showing which IP address was allocated to a device at a given time, meaning it is not always possible for police and security services to match individuals to internet use, said the Home Office.

Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr show, Mrs May said the new bill would help security services "deal with the increased threat that we now see".

"This is a step but it doesn't go all the way to ensuring that we can identify all the people we will need to," she said.

To "fully identify" everybody, she said police would need the power to access communication data, as previously proposed in the Communication Data Bill.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30166477

How many reasons do you want as to why that won't work you daft cow? I think the security services could convince her Daniel Craig was actually on the payroll ffs.

It's nothing but an excuse to roll out even more twisted surveillance on ordinary, innocent people. Because it sure as fcuk isn't only used when necessary, and as Davis says, this is just a stepping stone. Silly bitch hadn't even the wit to hide that fact. You'd think someone who was hounded into publicly giving out details of her medical condition by her own party might have a notion of the right to privacy...

Author:  JohnSheridan [ Sun Nov 23, 2014 7:48 pm ]
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And we used to laugh at the old communist countries with their secret police always spying on their own poeple.

Seems we are now the ones being laughed at as we become more like a Police State on the auspices of anti terrorism as our freedoms and privacy are being swept away.

Author:  big_D [ Sun Nov 23, 2014 7:58 pm ]
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Nobody tell them about MAC addresses or IPv6...

Author:  John_Vella [ Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:35 am ]
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Can we tell them about Linux? Pleeeeeeease lol

Sent from my big ass Sony Xperia Z Ultra tabphonelet, using Tapatalk 4.

Author:  jonbwfc [ Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:02 am ]
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And VPNs...

Author:  JohnSheridan [ Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Internet data plan back on political agenda

And Tor Network

This idea on a new law has so many holes in its thinking that it's truely mind boggling - I mean who are these IT "experts" the govmt are supposedly talking to :shock:

Author:  jonbwfc [ Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Internet data plan back on political agenda

JohnSheridan wrote:
This idea on a new law has so many holes in its thinking that it's truely mind boggling - I mean who are these IT "experts" the govmt are supposedly talking to :shock:

Apparently the same people my management keep taking to... :roll:

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