Government black boxes will 'collect every email'

Roland Perry ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:14:35 +0000


In article <20081110202148.40048b70@peterson.fenrir.org.uk>, Brian 
Morrison <bdm@fenrir.org.uk> writes
>> As you seem to dislike that part of RIPA so much, would you support its
>> repeal, so that police and local authorities can do surveillance without
>> having to leave an audit trail?
>
>The correct answer Roland, is that many of us would support its repeal
>if it were replaced with something that actually did regulate
>investigatory powers and indeed made them adequately difficult to have
>sanctioned in each case where they are requested.

So you don't think that filling in a seven page form to use a pair of 
binoculars is "adequately difficult"?
-- 
Roland Perry