Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Draft Communications Bill

On 01/07/12 21:58, Tom Morris wrote:

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I'm not a lawyer. I may email the Foundation legal people and see if they care.

And what of the UK based pressure groups? Do they care?

Why, yes. Yes, they do. Open Rights Group and 38 Degrees are both vehemently opposed to the Draft (Daft?) Communications Data Bill.

Most, if not all, ISPs are opposed to it too. They've been partially bought off by the government promising to fund the development of the black boxes which will track your every online move. That's, effectively, a blank cheque for whichever grasping and incompetent IT firm buys the biggest lunches.

To be honest, I find the number of people seemingly adopting the shortsighted "If you've nothing to hide" attitude on this list concerning.

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