Re: Disturbing news...

[Mike Fortey <forteymj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Like to see who they want to get to pay for all that
storage!
It's totally unfeasable.

 --- "Robert J. Hansen" <rjhansen@inav.net> wrote: >
Sorry I haven't been around much, guys--life has had
> me absolutely 
> swamped.  Still, when I read this it was enough to
> make me sit up and take 
> notice.
> 
> From the _Guardian_ 
>
(http://www.observer.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,730091,00.html)
> 
> "Plans being drawn up by Europol, the police and
> intelligence arm of the 
> European Union, propose that telephone and internet
> firms retain millions 
> of pieces of data--including details of visits to
> Internet chat rooms, and 
> of calls made on mobile phones and text messages.
> 
> ...
> 
> Companies that run Internet sites will be required
> to retain passwords 
> used by individuals, record which website addresses
> are visited, and keep 
> details of webpages looked at and any credit card or
> bank details used for 
> subscriptions.
> 
> The information retained about emails will include
> who sent the message, 
> where the email went, its contents and the time and
> date it was sent.
> 
> It is believed that Britain will push for the data
> to be kept for up to 
> five years."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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