Extending the Surveillance State
Came across this today on the Guardian’s website…
The police ANPR database, which the Guardian today reveals will retain information from 50 million road journeys a day for five years, is a system that was never sanctioned or debated in parliament and which threatens the freedom of movement, assembly and protest.
Presented simply as a tool to fight crime and terror by the police, it will become one of the cornerstones of the surveillance state, and will give the police far too much power to track, in real time, the movement of people who may be bound for legitimate demonstrations and protest rallies.
Linked with the government’s proposals to seize all our communications data to be announced in the Queen’s speech this autumn, this move signifies a profound change in our society and an irreversible transfer of power from free individuals to the state.
Read the full article here.
Even if you weren’t before its now time to start being very worried!
-- fotdmike
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