On Thursday 01 July 2010 11:33 PM, jtd wrote: > On Thursday 01 July 2010 23:09:20 Rony wrote: > > >> The govt. is not going to snoop on every TD&H's blackberry but if >> it has information on criminals, it should be able to discretely >> monitor them. >> > If it has information on criminals, It can act on such info within > the more than adequate existing laws, including ordering a foreign > company to provide details.
True but if the protocol is available directly, it spends less time asking for it during an urgency. > Most of the time the GOI fails miserably > on these phishing expeditions. Governments are always angling for > more snooping powers and without exception misuse them. While the > developed countries get shafted for such misuse, we do not have > recourse to such luxuries. gitmo held "very important" security > suspects. The vast majority of those are busy suing the US and UK > governments. The last inquiry by a UK commission has told the > government to bargain and accept a settlemnt, as a court case will be > even more damaging to the government. > > True. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
