Everyone who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register their identity on a national database under government plans to extend massively the powers of state surveillance. Phone buyers would have to present a passport or other official form of identification at the point of purchase. Privacy campaigners fear it marks the latest government move to create a surveillance society. A compulsory national register for the owners of all 72m mobile phones in Britain would be part of a much bigger database to combat terrorism and crime. Whitehall officials have raised the idea of a register containing the names and addresses of everyone who buys a phone in recent talks with Vodafone and other telephone companies, insiders say. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4969312.ece Only being suggested at this time, but even the fact that it's being suggested... W
Well, at least that will eliminate any future terrorist attacks so it'll be worth it. -TD
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:25:03 +0100 From: macavity@well.com To: cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net Subject: More reasons for Eugen to stay away
Everyone who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register their identity on a national database under government plans to extend massively the powers of state surveillance.
Phone buyers would have to present a passport or other official form of identification at the point of purchase. Privacy campaigners fear it marks the latest government move to create a surveillance society.
A compulsory national register for the owners of all 72m mobile phones in Britain would be part of a much bigger database to combat terrorism and crime. Whitehall officials have raised the idea of a register containing the names and addresses of everyone who buys a phone in recent talks with Vodafone and other telephone companies, insiders say.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4969312.ece
Only being suggested at this time, but even the fact that it's being suggested...
W
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