[The UK's Total Surveillance]

[Eugen Leitl]

Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/08/1252220
Posted by: Zonk, on 2006-08-08 13:29:00

   Budenny writes "The Register has a story in its [1]ongoing coverage of
   the UK ID Card story. This one suggests, with links to a weekend news
   story, that the Prime Minister in waiting has bought the idea that all
   electronic transactions in the UK should be linked to a central
   government/police database. Every cash withdrawal, every credit card
   purchase, ever loyalty card use ... And that data should flow back
   from the police database to (eg) a loyalty card use. So, for example,
   not only would the government know what books you were buying, but the
   bookstore would also know if you had an outstanding speeding ticket!"

References

   1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/07/brown_id_expansion/

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