EU adopts data retention [LWN.net]

EU adopts data retention

Posted Dec 14, 2005 19:15 UTC (Wed) by QuisUtDeus (guest, #14854)
Parent article: EU adopts data retention

Did they say anything about bogus data or misleading data?

Perhaps people should give their MPs (or whoever is asking that this data be kept) an idea of what an administrative burden and volume of data that they are imposing on people: People that are affected by this, send real or pretend data, in whatever format they like, with whatever obfuscation/embellishment they like to every electronic recipient that had a hand in approving this law.

Of course, if they send it by e-mail, they'll need to send data for this delivery as well in subsequent deliveries.

Feel free to use encryption, with info on how to obtain the keys (which would change from time to time for added security), links to the software needed, etc.

They say they want it. So give it to them.

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EU adopts data retention

Posted Dec 14, 2005 19:27 UTC (Wed) by QuisUtDeus (guest, #14854) [Link]

And on the other side, towards "transparent" government in the face of "orwellian" tactics like this, perhaps people could begin a client-side public log of all governmental interaction (with proper discretion for privacy of self and others), so that whenever you are forced to do something to comply with a law, it could be made public, along with commentary on how you were treated, what kind of injustice might have happened, etc.

That way, the Big Brothers cannot completely hide their actions and intentions.

These could be in the form of blogs, for example.

This would be greatly helpful for awakening people to their common plight at the hands of socialists.

U.S. hides actions

Posted Dec 15, 2005 0:48 UTC (Thu) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054) [Link]

whenever you are forced to do something to comply with a law, it could be made public [...] That way, the Big Brothers cannot completely hide their actions and intentions.

Dear me---I'm sure you reside somewhere outside the Land of the Free.

We can't tell anyone about FBI requests for information, which should be called ``warrants'' and only issued by a judge on evidence of probable cause. It sez here right in the Fourth Amendment to our Constitution.

Alternatively, they can get a warrant, but not tell you about it. This allows the FBI to break into your house, office, rectum, ..., to see what they can see, without actually serving the warrant. See aforementioned Fourth Amendment.

[T]he Bill of Rights [is] all limitation---[it states] what the federal government cannot do. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court treats the Bill of Rights as a list of suggestions from a bunch of hippies.

--- Paladin128 (User #203968), on /.

U.S. hides actions

Posted Dec 15, 2005 16:13 UTC (Thu) by QuisUtDeus (guest, #14854) [Link]

Great articles. Thanks.

I guess those blogs will have to be in another country, with the complete text of such letters.