Child abuse unit paying for data

David Hansen ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:17:42 -0000


On 24 Jan 2009 at 15:46, Roland Perry wrote:

> The Home Office is apparently wanting to collect its own data on who is 
> contacting who.

Agreed.

> But they'll still need the current system of asking the 
> ISP "what's this chap's real name and where does he live" when they have 
> identified a person of interest identified only by his IP address at the 
> time.

I'm quite sure that the Home Office and those who pull its strings have 
already thought of that and it is part of the plan, but not something 
they are discussing in public at the moment as it might worry the 
sheep.


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  David Hansen, Edinburgh 
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