Interception Modernisation Programme

Roland Perry ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:19:38 +0100


In article <op.uisxlxm86hl8nm@clerew.man.ac.uk>, Charles Lindsey 
<chl@clerew.man.ac.uk> writes
>>> - hence a snooper (presumably!)
>>> cannot determine which account is being accessed, nor who is being 
>>>emailed.
>>
>> ... but in practice a great deal is not!
>
>But even if so, it is not traffic data, so you would need a warrant 
>from  the Secretary of State to look at it.

Or maybe a new Act, something to do with Comms Data?? (I don't know, I'm 
genuinely guessing).

>(I thought nothing after the '/' in  the URL was traffic data).

That's the effect originally required, but legislation has to be written 
with slightly more concrete concepts in mind. So what you aren't allowed 
to do is give away more than [paraphrasing still] the identity of the 
server.
-- 
Roland Perry