Now we really are heading towards Big Brother

by steve on Tue May 20, 2008 4:43 pm

News in the last few days indicates that the Government wishes to implement the recording of all calls, texts and emails in the UK. My first thoughts were that they would need a bloody big hard drive to store everything, second was what would happen when a disk is inevitably left on a seat on the 17:56 from Waterloo to Penguinville?
Poor humour aside this seems an incredibly bold audacious vote losing policy. We are all entitled to our privacy. The thought that some spotty graduate nerd may be listening when I chat with my wife is very upsetting. Luckily I never chat with my wife on a phone, the bill would be huge. All the yawning on my part and the non stop assault of words from her end would cost a fortune.
I have recently begun inserting random words into my live chat sessions with my sister. She approved of being referred to as Osama-B-L. Would the aforementioned nerd laugh with us though? More than likely a lot of people are likely to be 'pulled in' just for the sake of security. I will continue to pepper my chats and emails with things like 'I am going to Pakistan for my holidays this year.' and 'Did you get us a rucsack each for next week?' If I still have my liberty I will continue to spread my vile filth on this board. If you hear no more from me, well I guess they got me!