...And is probably joined by Huxley in the rotating exercise. Brave New World - does it already exist in our real world? How about Britain?
The London metropolitan police will soon have
new extended rights, allowing them to download all data from the mobile phones of suspects and store it for unlimited amount of time. Regardless if any charges have
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Man, that's some scary stuff. I wonder how long it will take for that idea to gain traction and skip across the Pond to the US and/or Canada?
You know, my little smile there really seems out of place -- this issue should scare a lot more people a lot more than it does.
Thanks for posting.
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The English measures remind me of one of my favorite movies from the '80s. "Mistake! We don't make mistakes:"
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To be honest, the most bad-tasting aspect is the notion that you can close investigation records indefinitely to outside agencies and the public. The only parallel I can come to think of in a democracy would be certain laws during the Bush Jr era in the US. (which then the current president amended, something few know to give him credit for)
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