Government wants to track everyone's Facebook
Discussion
At the moment, if you want to look at my Facebook profile, you have to be a Facebook member that I've specifically and explicitly marked as a "friend".
I'm pretty sure that one Facebook member who will never be on my friend list is "The UK Government".
However, in true Labour style, the excessive (and stupidly useless - trivially circumvented by SSL, for example) EU Data Retention Directive isn't enough for them.
This grips mein scheisse on a couple of levels. On the one hand, the Government should really stop pissing about with pathetic half-baked measures like this. The Bad People will simply delete their Facebook profiles and use other methods to communicate. On the other hand, it's yet another intrusion of this ever-growing state into my life, and I wish they'd feck off.
I'm pretty sure that one Facebook member who will never be on my friend list is "The UK Government".
However, in true Labour style, the excessive (and stupidly useless - trivially circumvented by SSL, for example) EU Data Retention Directive isn't enough for them.
This grips mein scheisse on a couple of levels. On the one hand, the Government should really stop pissing about with pathetic half-baked measures like this. The Bad People will simply delete their Facebook profiles and use other methods to communicate. On the other hand, it's yet another intrusion of this ever-growing state into my life, and I wish they'd feck off.
Request: if you want to discuss the merits of Facebook and similar sites per se, start another thread.
phumy said:
Maybe GCHQ or the equivalent (who ever they may be) are probably already in there doing it anyway, it dont bother me too much.
Me neither, though it does seem like a waste of time. As has been previously said, anyone with any knowledge of what's being monitored and who cares would just simply encrypt their data. Then what? The government would have just cost us another fortune by storing lots of peoples conversations about where they're going at the weekend or what they're having for dinner whilst gaining nothing worthwhile from criminals. Result.
The government could read your facebook profile the day facebook started. Any electronic communication or type of phone call can easily be monitored. I think the problem is the volume of information being gathered and the fact that the 'bad guys' don't register their accounts in their own names etc.
_DeeJay_ said:
As has been previously said, anyone with any knowledge of what's being monitored and who cares would just simply encrypt their data. Then what? .
First thing of any interest is going to be encrypted data. For those of you who havent dealt with our friends in the west country, encryption is often classified in terms of time. (ie the time taken for them to decode and read it)If you have an encryption system that is classed as better than 20 minutes I would be more than surprised
I don't have a Facebook profile. Never intend to have one.
It's bad enough having a PH one! Anyone who's really interested can find my opinions on absolutely anything on here. Ten years of posts do tend to give it away a bit.
Nothing on the Internet is confidential. If you want it to be confidential? Don't write it down. Never tell a soul.
Whilst reading my emails or accessing my private data is reprehensible and I will vote against any Government seeking additional powers to do so - I accept that anything actually on the net is public. And I communicate accordingly. As everyone should.
It's bad enough having a PH one! Anyone who's really interested can find my opinions on absolutely anything on here. Ten years of posts do tend to give it away a bit.
Nothing on the Internet is confidential. If you want it to be confidential? Don't write it down. Never tell a soul.
Whilst reading my emails or accessing my private data is reprehensible and I will vote against any Government seeking additional powers to do so - I accept that anything actually on the net is public. And I communicate accordingly. As everyone should.
It really is to the advantage of everybody for the spooks to concentrate on media like Facebook. After all, no-one with any brain puts stuff on there that would compromise them - they are just plain stupid if they do. If GCHQ wish to invest their efforts in rummaging through public knicker drawers, it means they are not poking their snouts into other areas. If you really want to keep things private, you have two option; don't commit things to media or, use strong encryption.
THX138 said:
What use is the information anyway
"Stacey is off to the gym again" ...etc,etc,etc
"Stacey is meeting Dave and Ali to consider the best way to smuggle in radioactive materials" "Stacey is off to the gym again" ...etc,etc,etc
" Stacey is being marched up the stairs by two female police officrs for a strip search"
"Dave is being trampled by hoards of men in stab proof vests"
" Ali is parading in an orange boiler suit"
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