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Henry Bremridge wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 08:24:21PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: >> Laughable considering that American ISPs are willing to co-operate >> with their government in the illegal wiretap of their entire >> userbase and everyone they communicate with: >> >> http://www.eff.org/cases/att >> >> There's no reason why the same does not happen here either. > > Different culture, different law. I believe under UK law all ISPs **have** to > provide MI5|6 with an internet feed for all emails. > > There was a big fuss in 2000 with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act: in a > quick google I could not find what the current law is > > See http://www.vnunet.com/articles/print/2133163 > Another reason to run my own mail server.... and use GPG... not that i have anything to hide, i just prefer to make them earn their keep.. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html