(fwd) Re: Striking the Balance

[Ian G Batten]

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I don't think this got out from my home machine.

ian

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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 07:46:51 +0000
From: Ian G Batten <igb@ftel.co.uk>
To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Subject: Re: Striking the Balance
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On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Watkin Simon wrote:
> - Are these the concerns?  Are there others?

One more occurs to me.  The current legislation assumes that the current
distinction (developed when the main thing being intercepted was voice
telephony) between content and traffic information can be extended
easily to internet use.  The assumption is that the content of email is
analogous to the content of telephone calls, and logs of email and,
critically, web access is analogous to billing data.

I don't think this is actually valid.  A full trace of an individual's
web access over a period of time provides a far fuller insight into
their activities, views, interests and contacts than a telephone log.
Most importantly, it is far more likely of itself to contain material
providing blackmail opportunities than a telephone log.

ian


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