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Neil Stone wrote: > http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/10/15/2222209.shtml > > "The Communications Data Bill (2008) will lead to the creation of a > single, centralized database containing records of all e-mails sent, > websites visited and mobile phones used by UK citizens. In a > carnivore-on-steroids programme, as all vestiges of communication > privacy are stripped away, The BBC reports that Home Secretary Jacqui > Smith says this is a 'necessity.'" How exactly are they planning to do this? People encrypt mail. So they don't just need every ISP, they need all mail providers- and not just major mail providers like gmail, etc, they need all private mail servers as well. Even *I* have a mail server. -- 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