Jun 13
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Boris is at it again, this time jabbing his sharpened pen at upcoming legislation that greatly affects our privacy. He links the recent row over a Labour “special advisor” digging into whether or not the Paddington Survivors’ Group was front for the Tory Party with new legislation giving the government rights to track individuals electronic actions. This extremely worrying development will allow nosy bureaucrats (as if there were any other kind) to snoop into ones electronic activity.
They will be able to check who one is calling, being called by, ditto with emails, and what sites one is visiting. Of course, being less than high tech savvy, Boris is in no doubt any time one is spammed or trapped into going to a porn site it will be recorded. Guilt will presumed in a cold calculating way whether one has duped into going to a dodgy site, is doing research, or is merely curious.This will be ripe for blackmail and blackballing, a leak to the press could seriously harm the reputation of an opponent or political enemy. It would be up to the accused to attempt to justify that site visit to the press.
The thing that is most worrying is that the bill will be debated for 90 minutes next week, then presumably it will become law.
