We want more power. We want to monitor your every move to satisfy our mental disorders. A classic.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Ferguson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 6:45 AM Subject: [funsec] MI5: Internet Phone Services a Risk to National Security > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Wow. Speechless. > > Via Computerworld UK. > > [snip] > > Internet telephone services pose a serious threat to Britain's security, > the head of MI5 has said. > > The danger with online calls, said spy chief Jonathan Evans, was that they > do not result in telephone bills, which are key evidence documents in > prosecutions. This meant it would be much easier for terrorists to make > the > calls and eventually escape prosecution if they are tried for criminal > offences. > > In an interview with the media yesterday, Evans, director general at MI5 > since 2007, said online phone calls posed a "significant detriment to > national security" by enabling terrorists to communicate with less risk. > > Evans lent his support to the government's planned database of every > phone call, internet use and email in the UK, saying that it was important > the security agencies could access this information. > > "If we are to maintain our capability we are going to have to make > decisions [on powers to intercept communications] in the next few years," > he was reported as saying, in the Daily Telegraph. "Because traditional > ways are unlikely to work." > > [snip] > > More: > http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news > /index.cfm?NewsId=12650 > > - - ferg > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) > > wj8DBQFJZuRqq1pz9mNUZTMRAgItAJ46mplO1Fhh8orHRLavoOObs0bvWgCgjnG9 > Us+Hx5zoW1tfzO7hr3+IEH4= > =JPyj > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson > Engineering Architecture for the Internet > fergdawgster(at)gmail.com > ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
