On Thursday 01 July 2010 11:33 PM, jtd wrote:
On Thursday 01 July 2010 23:09:20 Rony wrote:
The govt. is not going to snoop on every TD&H's blackberry but if it has information on criminals, it should be able to discretely monitor them.
If it has information on criminals, It can act on such info within the more than adequate existing laws, including ordering a foreign company to provide details.
True but if the protocol is available directly, it spends less time asking for it during an urgency.
Most of the time the GOI fails miserably on these phishing expeditions. Governments are always angling for more snooping powers and without exception misuse them. While the developed countries get shafted for such misuse, we do not have recourse to such luxuries. gitmo held "very important" security suspects. The vast majority of those are busy suing the US and UK governments. The last inquiry by a UK commission has told the government to bargain and accept a settlemnt, as a court case will be even more damaging to the government.
True.