Communications firms are being asked to record all internet contacts between people as part of a modernisation in UK police surveillance tactics.
The home secretary scrapped plans for a database but wants details to be held and organised for security services.
The new system would track all e-mails, phone calls and internet use, including visits to social network sites.
Ministers say police need new tools to fight crime but opposition MPs and campaigners have raised privacy fears.
Announcing a consultation on a new strategy for communications data and its use in law enforcement, Jacqui Smith said there would be no single government-run database. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8020039.stm F*** BIG BROTHER
Well, That's when the Galactic Federation Police exists in the UK. Also big brother can also see if people are tuned to BBC 4 on 198 kHz to hear the news on a portable LW/MW/FM radio.
LW radio would a great hobby to do instead of being online all the time, I can receive lots of
stations using a loop antenna if I was in the UK. Have fun and get started in tuning below
500 kHz!
It’s the year 2073, and the worst fears of modern life have been realized. Surveillance drones fill the burnt orange skies and militarized police roam the wr...