Comments on: Europe passes tough new data retention laws

Despite privacy and industry concerns, data will be kept on every e-mail sent and phone call made for as long as two years.

[Marcus Westrup]

Monsters under the bed

Isn?t it remarkable how many laws are being passed these days in the name of ?combating terrorism??
Now that the Great Evil Communist Empire has fallen, the West needs a new boogie-man to scare people back into mindless acceptance, of whatever agenda our governments are trying to push.

What happens after the Middle East is quiet again: Create another war? Or start blaming Martians for all our sins?

[kayoub]

re: Monsters under the bed

From USA Today:
the Justice Department recently acknowledged that 88% of the search warrants issued under this provision [of the "patriot act"]have been used in cases that have nothing to do with terrorism.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-12-13-our-view_x.htm
Same with teh U.S.; kiss your rights goodbye. We seem to hate our freedom, too.

[aqvanavt]

Monster Madness

Apparently, the Iranians want to be next on uncle Georgies invasion list.

[paul_wonnacott]

So the terrorist revert to snail mail. So will all envelopes soon need a carbon copy front so the post office can tear it off and store it 2 years? .
We take our shoes off in some airports, cant even have more than 100ml of drinking water even if delays in departure lounge.
These political idiots use sledgehammers to crack the nuts. Rather than make such decisions they should charge the surveillance authorities to apply their reasoning to a longer term objective which is more cost effective and less intrusive on the mainstream of community. I have been running a genealogy website for nearly 10 years and have no intention of retaining any visitor logs or email logs.
I do it for love and will not become a dammed servant for some jumped up inconsiderate legislator