Guardian: Privacy fear over (new) plan to store email (fwd)

[Mary Hawking]

Is this an argument for encrypting everything?
Presumably either the sender or recipient would have to be approached 
for the key to make your communications intelligible?
Mary Hawking

In article <5.1.0.14.1.20020820105451.03aaf4b0@popmail.dircon.co.uk>, 
Skywatch <skywatch@skywatch.dircon.co.uk> writes
>At 10:27 20/08/2002 +0100, Owen Blacker wrote:
>> >  * Minimum list of offences:
>> >    "participation in a criminal organisation, terrorism, trafficking
>> >    in human beings, sexual exploitation of children", drug
>> >    trafficking, money laundering, fraud, racism, hijacking,
>> >    "computer-related" crime and "motor vehicle crime".
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>Phew, I'll bet all the muggers, burglars and violent crimes 
>perpatrators are sighing a little relief that they are not on this list.
>Also nice to know that a bald tire can lead to them looking at all you 
>e-mails for two years. Time to use the post again!
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>> >  * No individual right to check accuracy of data. No individual
>> >    right to challenge decisions on its use by EU authorities.
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>...As I would expect from any decent fair and open democracy
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>> >  * Member states will not be able to refuse a request from another
>> >    Member state on the grounds of Human Rights or Privacy.
>
>What Human rights? - We dont' have that here anyway!
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>Perhaps 1984 was just 20 years early?
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>Skywatch
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>**** British Internet Privacy - Now twinned with China ! ****
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>(Terrorists note - You should now use the post instead!)
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