Who can snoop on your e-mails?

[Langweilig]

I thought I was hearing things on Sky News, broadcast on Talksport this morning. ISP's have been given the authority to store ALL your e-mails for up to a year. It's an EU directive. The Government has found £25 million to "persuade" ISP's to comply. The Home Office says it will help stop crime.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technology/New-IS...



Light the blue touchpaper and retire

[TeamD]

The Article said:

The data retained is not the content of emails but only the email addresses and times they were sent.

So what's the fecking point then?

Edited by TeamD on Sunday 15th March 12:28

[mrmr96]

TeamD said:

The Article said:

"The data retained is not the content of emails but only the email addresses and times they were sent."

So what's the fecking point then?

The idea, I think, is so that when one criminal is caught you can find out who he's been talkin to and arrest his friends too. Whether it will actually work, or be used for this purpose, I do not know.

[TeamD]

mrmr96 said:

TeamD said:

The Article said:

"The data retained is not the content of emails but only the email addresses and times they were sent."

So what's the fecking point then?

The idea, I think, is so that when one criminal is caught you can find out who he's been talkin to and arrest his friends too. Whether it will actually work, or be used for this purpose, I do not know.

So speaking to a criminal is an offence in itself now?