More reasons for Eugen to stay away

Tyler Durden camera_lumina at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 21 13:44:20 PDT 2008


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 at well.com
> To: cypherpunks at 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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