i'm friends with someone who used to work for GCHQ and I wouldn't consider your data sacred and safe, if I were you. :) Actually, from what this person has told me, the british government doesn't have to be as accountable for information gathering as the US government does.
Oh I have no doubt what so ever that all my internet traffic is intercepted one way or another... but for a big TelCo company to have a "secret room" and think that won't get out is a little short sighted.
I have some troubling questions going around my mind as to the balance between police state and personal freedom... and am reminded of Juvenal's quote in Satire VI "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" ("Who watches the Watchmen") which was used to great effect by Terry Prachett in one of the Guards books.
I can't really go into it (if I tell you, I have to kill you!), but the brit TelCo companies aren't clean when it comes to that kind of stuff.
Don't get me wrong, I'm really angry about this and feel that the watchers need to be watched. We can't just say "okay, government do monitor whatever you like because you always have the people's best interests at heart." because that's a bunch of bs. In the american system, the whole idea is one of checks and balances - no arm of the government is more powerful than another, but lately the executive branch seems to think they can just ignore the congressional and judicial branch in the name of safety. It's a crock.
I guess my point was that this isn't a uniquely american problem. :)
On the divorce note, I am not happily divorced, but still waiting on the judge to make the decision on how much I will have to give my **** of an ex-husband. Despite him signing a waiver that he wanted NOTHING from me, mainly because he was in the belief that he would get half my debt and it would outweigh my worth, the judge has taken it upon himself to contact him and offer him advice to tell him what he CAN get from me. The last I heard the ex had til the 9th of May to decide if he wanted to try to get something from me and so far I have heard nothing. I am hoping he moved house and didn't get the letter, or he's dead
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I have some troubling questions going around my mind as to the balance between police state and personal freedom... and am reminded of Juvenal's quote in Satire VI "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" ("Who watches the Watchmen") which was used to great effect by Terry Prachett in one of the Guards books.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm really angry about this and feel that the watchers need to be watched. We can't just say "okay, government do monitor whatever you like because you always have the people's best interests at heart." because that's a bunch of bs. In the american system, the whole idea is one of checks and balances - no arm of the government is more powerful than another, but lately the executive branch seems to think they can just ignore the congressional and judicial branch in the name of safety. It's a crock.
I guess my point was that this isn't a uniquely american problem. :)
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The worst of it is - you'll need to employ a lawer at your own expense if you want half a hope of defeating him... so it will still cost you money.
Perhaps you should write that book... you never know - it might help you pay for your divorce! :)
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