strangemartin
9th January 2009, 19:16
As you probably know, the UK Government has unveiled plans for a private company to run a "superdatabase" that will track all our emails, calls, texts, internet use and so on. This is an immense infringement of civil liberties, not to mention a major risk to our privacy and liberty.
So, for one day, we should send a message to the Home Office - "you want to see our emails? Ok then, here they are!". We do this by simply cc'ing or bcc'ing every email we send, regardless of importance or content, to [email protected] . It can be just over one day, to be decided once enough people are on board.
I've created a facebook group, you can access it here: en-gb.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43256614646
It's not really a serious attempt to cause havoc - the aim is more to draw attention to the increasing need of this government to focus on short-term solutions to the problems of crime and terrorism, rather than looking at the bigger picture of overall freedoms. As former DPP Ken MacDonald has said, "The tendency of the state to seek ever more powers of surveillance over its citizens may be driven by protective zeal. But the notion of total security is a paranoid fantasy which would destroy everything that makes living worthwhile... no government of any colour is to be trusted with such a roadmap to our souls."
So, for one day, we should send a message to the Home Office - "you want to see our emails? Ok then, here they are!". We do this by simply cc'ing or bcc'ing every email we send, regardless of importance or content, to [email protected] . It can be just over one day, to be decided once enough people are on board.
I've created a facebook group, you can access it here: en-gb.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43256614646
It's not really a serious attempt to cause havoc - the aim is more to draw attention to the increasing need of this government to focus on short-term solutions to the problems of crime and terrorism, rather than looking at the bigger picture of overall freedoms. As former DPP Ken MacDonald has said, "The tendency of the state to seek ever more powers of surveillance over its citizens may be driven by protective zeal. But the notion of total security is a paranoid fantasy which would destroy everything that makes living worthwhile... no government of any colour is to be trusted with such a roadmap to our souls."