On 1 April 2012 13:59, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 1 April 2012 12:23, Svip <svi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 1 April 2012 12:06, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17576745 >> >> Also, this article was written on 1 April and is far beyond any >> monitoring scheme ever suggested in the Western World. And I am sure >> we would have heard about it being mentioned up until this point, if >> it was real. > > It would be nice, but if it's a prank then (a) lots of other > newspapers are in on it (b) ORG flagged the programme described > several weeks in advance: > > http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Communications_Capabilities_Development_Programme > http://www.openrightsgroup.org/issues/ccdp > > So no, it's in no way a joke. This is absolutely real.
Still *kind of* a joke. >> So I would take that article with a grain of salt. Particularly the >> statement about 'real time'. That's not even feasible. > > That a desired monitoring regime would require a violation of physics > has *never* stopped a legislative push for such. But it has always stopped it from being implemented or executed in practice. While the development is terrifying, it is also important to note the lack of actual consequences it will have. Other than being a huge embarrassment. But I was always under the influence that the UK didn't really care about free speech and privacy. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
