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Published Date: 05 January 2009
By Tanya Thompson
CAFÉ owners who offer a free internet service will be forced to keep records of all their customers and which websites they visit, as part of tough new anti-terror laws, The Scotsman has learned.
The move comes as the government gears up for a major change in the law, due to come into force early next year, which will force major internet service providers such as BT, Virgin and TalkTalk to retain information on their customers' browsing habi...



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  • Last Updated: 04 January 2009 10:03 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Legal Issues
 
1

Unimpressed one,

05/01/2009 07:38:47
The EU strikes again. Why the f**k do we put up with this Marxist drivel from a corrupt and inept organisation? The fact that Westminster has surrendered virtually all its law making to the EU, doesn't bode well for an 'independent' Scotland.
2

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05/01/2009 08:36:21
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3

Mallory,

Edinburgh 05/01/2009 09:06:38
It is really quite easy to bypass all this rubbish. Take a look at TOR,privoxy and U3 memory sticks. While you are at it here's an interesting story as yet un-reported by the Scotsman http://preview.tinyurl.com/8ndh9a
with thanks to cryptome for the heads up!
4

11+failed,

thepans 05/01/2009 09:16:26
With the cool draught of lower temperatures blowing in their faces the EU control freaks are desperate to find a replacement for global warming as an excuse to control our lives.
5

Joe Macdelta.,

05/01/2009 09:35:32
Definitely not Democracy!!
6

observator,

Edinburgh 05/01/2009 09:57:23
Unimpressed one, #1,
you ask " Why the f**k do we put up with this Marxist drivel from a corrupt and inept organisation?".
This is not Marxist in origin and derives from Washington. A combination of mobile camera phones, free wi-fi and Google StreetView has made us all sitting ducks for crime of all sorts, not just "terrorism".
It could be a boon for Internet cafés as they will have valuable databases of their customers and might be able to market to them more effectively.
7

E300,

05/01/2009 11:33:24
6 observator
"This is not Marxist in origin and derives from Washington"
Washington isn't immune from Marxist ideas, difference is, in a democracy we sometimes have a little say if we chose to exercise it.
8

E300,

05/01/2009 11:36:29
As usual the law abiding will suffer while the terrorists steal a laptop and connect to a free WiFi.
9

ddmc,

05/01/2009 15:21:53
#1 its all to do with the RIP act & not much to do with the EU directive, what the article fails to mention is that the UK was a driving force behind the EU directive. The UK is the most spied upon nation in the west, we have the highest density of CCTV, were about to roll out ANPR to read license plate & tax discs, our internet access has been filtered for years (how else can they apply list d notices, read about how they blocked access to a greek website who outed the head MI6 agent in greece a couple of years back during a rendition mission). GCHQ has access to all landline & mobile networks, even the local cooncil can apply to have access to your phone & internet records. NuLiebour have via there paranoid nature sold our privacy down a broadband pipe.

Democracy is only freedom as long as you stay within the boundaries the overlords set.

Internet cafes & other wifi points will have to be proxied to be able to capture the data needed to ssatisfy the RIP requirements. The Govt is also going to make the owners liable for any nonsense that goes over an unsecured access point.

#3 good link

10

know i get the picture,

corporate political plunder 09/01/2009 19:27:16
They currently force Scotland send ALL ITS OIL MONEY to LONDON.

A MASSIVE revenue that is worth £22,831 a minute, £32 million a day, 12 billion a year.

A revenue that is so VAST it would allow Scotland to BUILD 2 SECONDARY SCHOOLS A DAY !!!!!!!!!!

For more infomation on the injustices inflicted upon Scotland by the Unionist Parties visit

http://www.oilofscotland.org/

PASS IT ON

 

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