Government wants to store your website visits
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Depends on the proxy server. Many that are open for free use are transparent. In other words they transmit your IP address, not the proxy's, so it has nil gain.
Ones that are anonymous can also log your IP address and usage, so if you happened to be tracked by Her Majesty (Jacqui Smith
), its possible the host of the proxy could be able to pass on your usage info. Unless the proxy server is based in an enemy country, like North Korea. Although doing that would guarantee you getting on the government's watch list in the first place 
Ones that are anonymous can also log your IP address and usage, so if you happened to be tracked by Her Majesty (Jacqui Smith
), its possible the host of the proxy could be able to pass on your usage info. Unless the proxy server is based in an enemy country, like North Korea. Although doing that would guarantee you getting on the government's watch list in the first place Of course you do need to encrypt the tunnel between you and the proxy otherwise your ISP can still track you.
It's like going back in time to **** Germany and having to travel everywhere with your papers on you.
What the **** did we fight for back then if it wasnt freedom!
What the **** did we fight for back then if it wasnt freedom!
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...sadly Wacky Jacqui can't understand that this kind if mass surveillance won't stop terrorist acts like the London bombings any more than the CCTV footage that they "looked at" after the event. 
Unless of course, they proactively monitor ALL traffic for keywords such as fertiliser, gas bottles, peroxide etc (oh dear, that's my post flagged, as well as anyone reading it
). But then some "clever" minister will suggest that they (function creep) start to look for other "bad things" such as tax avoiders or football hooligans. Then, as the RIPA allows councils to snoop, it will include dog foulers and wheely-bin-too-fullers and anyone who posts comments in forums to complain about it 
And thus the government will have a yotta-byte (look it up under SI units) database that can incriminate every single citizen, but won't have the resources to actually follow anything up
So, as we enter a pretty serious recession, NuLieBor want to pour more petrol onto the fire
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Unless of course, they proactively monitor ALL traffic for keywords such as fertiliser, gas bottles, peroxide etc (oh dear, that's my post flagged, as well as anyone reading it
). But then some "clever" minister will suggest that they (function creep) start to look for other "bad things" such as tax avoiders or football hooligans. Then, as the RIPA allows councils to snoop, it will include dog foulers and wheely-bin-too-fullers and anyone who posts comments in forums to complain about it And thus the government will have a yotta-byte (look it up under SI units) database that can incriminate every single citizen, but won't have the resources to actually follow anything up
So, as we enter a pretty serious recession, NuLieBor want to pour more petrol onto the fire
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This isn't really new news, it's been in the pipeline for about 3-4 years now, it's basically an EU law that has to be enforced by next year... although don't particularly blame the EU, this was Charles Clarke's doing, with some behest from the US too...
MEPs vote for mandatory data retention ? The Register
Some ISP's are already doing it, interestingly seeing as Hull has been mentioned, KCOM (Kingston) was the first ISP to be fully compliant, and already storing everything.
MEPs vote for mandatory data retention ? The Register
Some ISP's are already doing it, interestingly seeing as Hull has been mentioned, KCOM (Kingston) was the first ISP to be fully compliant, and already storing everything.
Another example of how good our Governement's track record is regarding databases etc...
UK's 'secure' child protection database will be open to one million ? The Register
UK's 'secure' child protection database will be open to one million ? The Register
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