Last year the German government passed laws allowing their police to to conduct "remote searches of computer hard drives" using rootkits or remote forensic software, covertly placed in a computer to monitor its content.
Now we hear that "almost all partner countries have or intend to have in the near future national laws allowing access to computer hard drives and other data storage devices located on their territory".
So, not only can the authorities monitor your online activities but they can also hack into your computer and snoop around your hard drive, soon they hope to have the legal power to do that without breaking the law.
The police won't even be restricted to snooping on computers in their own country! They plan to introduce new laws permitting cross border snooping.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jun/09/remote-access-surveillance-rootkit
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The government-funded NSPCC are currently contacting donors and asking that they petition government to "make the internet safer" for children.
ReplyDeleteArguments aside about whether increased protection of children is necessary (I would say not) many of the control measures the NSPCC are advocating (through the new UK Council for Child Internet Safety, of which Badman's Becta is also a member) would also have a detrimental impact on the freedom of everyone else. All nicely under the cosy banner of "for the children".
http://www.renegadeparent.net/post/Warning-The-NSPCC-and-Becta-have-grubby-fingers-in-yet-more-child-protection-pies.aspx#top
Lisa
Couldn't agree more, this government will spin any lie and make any unsubstantiated claim in order to worm its way deeper into our private lives.
ReplyDeleteAnd if they can make money out of us along the way as well..........