>EMERGENCY POWERS ALLOW MASS-SURVEILLANCE FOR NON-TERRORIST INVESTIGATIONS
>As part of an emergency package of anti-terrorism measures, Home Secretary >David Blunkett announced yesterday (Note 3) that Internet Service >Providers would be "enabled" to retain logs detailing the online activity >of their customers (but NOT the contents of communications). [...] >Computerised 'traffic analysis' (tracing links between individuals) is >a powerful new form of mass-surveillance, but is only efficient at >keeping tabs on the law-abiding. [...] Alle Stra�enbesitzer werden aufgefordert, die Kennzeichen der Autos und die Gesichter der Autofahrer in diesen Wagen zusammen mit Uhrzeit, Tag und Fahrtrichtung f�r jede Kreuzung zu notieren.
