Mastering the Internet

[Roland Perry]

In article <4A01F0C1.9030809@zen.co.uk>, Peter Fairbrother 
<zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk> writes

>a requirement *to_provide* a permanent intercept capability can be 
>imposed - which is not at all the same thing as requiring the 
>installation of a black box.

It is, if the chosen method is a black box.

>A black box presumably would have access to all the traffic in a pipe 
>or link, and that is far more than the present Order mandates.

Only if you believe there's an invisible "always on" in front of "black 
box".

>>> and it wouldn't get as far as the TAB.
>>  Why?
>
>'Cos fitting a black box is not an imposable requirement?

The Home Office trying to impose an over-zealous requirement is exactly 
what the TAB is for. [An always on" black box might well be such a 
thing; but a "selectively on" black box isn't, IMHO].

ps I have no idea if there are any black boxes installed in the UK, 
consensual or otherwise.
-- 
Roland Perry