On Sunday 09 Sep 2007 9:13 pm, Eugen Leitl wrote: > There's an EU directive requiring all ISPs to log connection info > by law (it must become law 2008). This includes which IP > made which connection to which other IP at which time -- more > than enough noose to hang ya.
Lovely. Lovely. In fact I believe that cybercafes afforded more anonymity than this, which is why cybercafes are considered a "security threat". It is the loss of this freedom that is now being lamented. Let me take a quote out of one of the links Gautam provided: http://indiauncut.com/iublog/article/indias-cops-get-orwellian/ quote: "The Mumbai police, like all police in India, consists of underpaid people given excessive powers over others, with little accountability. So how do you expect them to behave? Unless a policeman’s self-interest is perfectly aligned with the public interest, which is not the case in our system of government, it is inevitable that he will feel tempted to use his power for personal gain." What a naive and child like statement to make. There is an implicit faith in the system in which the writer assumes that the (poor poor) Mumbai cop be "led into temptation" while all those credit card company employees who have access to your details will not be similarly tempted. I believe there is a social lesson here. Educated, well paid, computer savvy individuals are generally seen as honest and upright. The fact that you trust your personal and financial details, including credit card numbers with bank employees who fit this description suggests that they are not considered a problem. But Oh! Mumbai cops! Those underpaid, ill educated louts! How can you trust them? At best it is " it is inevitable that he will feel tempted to use his power for personal gain" Sometimes such open betrayal of naive biases are a source of great amusement to me. shiv
