The dark side of the Force strong and attractive to politicians and big business, it is. Hmm?


Sorry for the Yoda moment but I just couldn’t resist. Where’s the Rebel Alliance to fight the Imperial Empire when you need it? The UK government Big Brother plans to force ISPs to monitor all Web traffic and will ban anyone found illegally sharing files from using the Internet. You Will Be Watched. Your Emails Will Be Read. You Will Be Punished. I think the photo above, by the way, shows a group of Parliamentarians. Whether Lords or Commons, I really couldn’t say.

The new rules, if they can even be formulated without flouting other UK and EU laws, will, of course, as usual, apply to everyone. Six million people in Britain are said to download and share files illegally. But the Internet traffic of everyone will be monitored, whether you really are sharing the latest Kylie single or simply emailing a photo of the kids to their grandmother.

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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

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