'Today' considers data retention and IMP

Roland Perry ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:10:18 +0000


In article <a9f4d96f0901090650t57ba6d0tf1fd8ac85c0e1f0c@mail.gmail.com>, 
John Wilson <tugwilson@gmail.com> writes
>So, if I'm a bad person, I can stop the authorities collecting
>information which allows them to build the relationship maps they love
>so much and I can do so in a way which does not make me stand out from
>the rest of the population.

>Am I missing something here?

That any surveillance/registration system can be worked around by 
sufficiently determined and sophisticated crooks, but they still get 
enough useful results.
-- 
Roland Perry