Surveillance Society

[BeautifulBurnout]

My what-the-fuck-ometer has just broken.

Two weeks surveillance by a local council under legislation intended to detect and prevent terrorism and serious crime was engaged to verify whether a family actually lived within a school catchment area?

[Strangelet]

this is happening in the states too. elliot spitzer was caught because of the new surveillance being done on people's bank withdrawls, and thereafter continually monitored with anti-terror resources.

you just have to know going in, when you allow your government to intruduce surveillance practices, that its going to be used for what they deem fit, not what you initially wanted it to be.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBurnout

My what-the-fuck-ometer has just broken.

Two weeks surveillance by a local council under legislation intended to detect and prevent terrorism and serious crime was engaged to verify whether a family actually lived within a school catchment area?

So did they live within the proper area? Because we shouldn't be tolerating people not living where they're supposed to where school districts are concerned....freakin' terrorists....

[Rog]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBurnout

My what-the-fuck-ometer has just broken.

Two weeks surveillance by a local council under legislation intended to detect and prevent terrorism and serious crime was engaged to verify whether a family actually lived within a school catchment area?
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You seem suprised BB, i'm not

[Jan]

The 2007 International Privacy Ranking
http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-559597

[Rog]

depressing eh?

[BeautifulBurnout]

More wtf moments to be enjoyed here --

[Rog]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBurnout

More wtf moments to be enjoyed here --

and soon they will be able to lock you up for 40-odd days for innocently taking a snap.

but its ok for them to film you! i had a run in with the filth at a shrewsbury match last year, they were videoing a group of us walking to the match which we didn't take to as we are all 'law abiding' so we had a go at them verbally and i almost got arrested when i refused to give the officious bastards my name and address..............i hadn't done anything wrong at all

blahblahblah police state blahblah.........