UK Blackboxes

This is unbelievable.

Quote:

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Under Government plans to monitor internet traffic, raw data would be collected and stored by the black boxes before being transferred to a giant central database.

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They were told that the security and intelligence agencies wanted to use the stored data to help fight serious crime and terrorism.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ite-visit.html


We have always been at war with Eastasia. :rolleyes:

Well, if it is a British govt. IT project it will be a total balls-up, just like all the others:rolleyes:

I don't think that they will get very far before it is pointed out that cybercrime detection and prevention is totally underfunded and under resourced over here.:confused:

Anyways the British govt's recent demonstration of securely holding private data hasn't been what I would describe as stellar. Even our security services lose stuff!

Given the current state of the economy, and the lack of tangible terrorist activity I really don't think that this crap will fly.

EDIT:

Here is an article demonstrating my point

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articl...t-security.htm

And a more global viewpoint:

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articl...years-says.htm

And this is what our political Muppets are getting up to:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11...te_cybercrime/