21.05.2008 06:51 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

UK planning to monitor and record every phone call, web page, and email sent by citizens

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsWe're not sure if these plans will ever make it to reality, but the Telegraph is reporting that Britain's Home Office is working on database designed to store the details of every phone call, email, and web page accessed by British citizens in the previous year. The idea is to have various telecom providers hand over their records, which will all go into the database and then accessible by police upon receipt of a court order. Of course, there's no reason why police couldn't simply ask the ISPs for the appropriate data when they get that court order, since records are required to be kept for a year, but sometimes it's im

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