Amazing april fools joke by the government

[ian_83]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17576745

At least, I wish it was. Outrage!

[Prior]

Its a April fools

[-ghost-]

A few papers are running the story :S














1984....................................

[Asht_200]

Its a April fools

You'd like to think so, however after inquiries from HM Gov regarding the interception and monitoring of BBM after last year's riots, I wouldn't be surprised if this was actually true

However I believe this is a joke as the cost of it would be prohibitve...

Plus it has been said that the US Intelligence monitor us on the gov's behalf to get around the laws

[TiredOldGit]

Don't the CIA do this already on behalf of 'friendly' governments?

[cleanhands]

Don't the CIA do this already on behalf of 'friendly' governments?

Don't you mean NSA based at Menwith Hill? Nah, not at all.

OP, April fool.

[sparkyhx]

I'm surprised they don't do already

[Kieran_E1]

i entered a url the other day and put .com instead of .net and was greeted by a nice wee department of homeland security message followed by an hour or so of very very slow browsing

[-ghost-]

i entered a url the other day and put .com instead of .net and was greeted by a nice wee department of homeland security message followed by an hour or so of very very slow browsing

Better run when you hear the black helicopters coming

[cleanhands]

If you're wanted an e-fit of your face is more likely to appear on Crimewatch as a suspect for something totally unrelated.

[xR33]

i entered a url the other day and put .com instead of .net and was greeted by a nice wee department of homeland security message followed by an hour or so of very very slow browsing

Who'd have thought that the US government monitored donkeyporn.com but not donkeyporn.net :P .

[Monkey]

Better run when you hear the black helicopters coming

how do you differenciate between a blue helicopter and a black helicopter sounds?

[def]

Its not an April fool....sadley

[Asht_200]

Going to update this:

It is not an April Fools Prank, it is a simple widening of the current Wiretap laws as far as I know, to also include other mediums.

What won't be available is the content of messages etc, just the time and who was involved in the conversation.

[Johnny]

They do it already ..... but at the moment if they want to they need to get a court approval ... all this law means is that they dont need to fill out paper work and wait for a day or 2 to get clearance .... they can just do it.

Its nothing to worry about ... if they really wanted to spy on you before now, they would go get court aproval and the courts would say "ok" and they would do it ..... now they will just do it

[steve109]

Heard this at the gym and nearly fell off the treadmill.. I doubt it'll come to pass, I'm just surprised he's come out and suggested that they'd do it tbh.

Got a bit lost in his favourite book me thinks..
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[-ghost-]

how do you differenciate between a blue helicopter and a black helicopter sounds?

more rumble and have almost a jet sound to it

[Django67]

They do it already ..... but at the moment if they want to they need to get a court approval ... all this law means is that they dont need to fill out paper work and wait for a day or 2 to get clearance .... they can just do it.

The difference being that a judge/magistrate acts as a check and balance and there is an onus on them to make a case for the surveillance.

Remove that check and balance and there is absolutely nothing to stop them monitoring activists/protestors, journalists, business-people or opposition politicians on a whim. This is a very, very serious threat to civil liberties and needs to be stopped. I have already written to my MP and I will be campaigning very hard to stop this getting through.

What makes me particularly is that the LibDems and Conservatives vehemently opposed a very similar measure during the last govt. How quickly they change their tune. Fcukers.

[Cluck]

Heard this at the gym and nearly fell off the treadmill.. I doubt it'll come to pass, I'm just surprised he's come out and suggested that they'd do it tbh.

Got a bit lost in his favourite book me thinks..
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. You know the previous Labour administration tried to do this first don't you? Funnily enough though the Conservatives were against the idea at the time and the bill was defeated.

EDIT : Oh, er, basically what Django67 said ^^^ .

[Monkey]

but most if not all the ConDems who was against it first time round are still against it now. i'm not saying that i am for or against it, but when the ConDems were against it, they didnt have all the information to hand about it. now they are the government and have all the information from all the security services etc, they can make a better and informed decission as to why its a good or bad idea. and i would like to think they have made the best decission in protecting UK PLC from and form of attack.