[governance] More Big Brother?

[Roland Perry]

In message <2F29E813-FEB8-40F5-94AC-F7E8D00828C5 at hserus.net>, at 
15:13:46 on Mon, 24 Nov 2014, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> 
writes
>Dialup modems are generally replaced by their modern analogues, 3G and 
>LTE usb sticks

Hence my reference to CGN. But here in the UK dongles are not very 
popular, although many people access the Internet via equivalent 
technology built into their SmartPhones. [Most providers ban tethering, 
just to complete the picture].

R.

>> On 24-Nov-2014, at 15:01, Roland Perry 
>><roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:
>>
>> In message 
>><CAMz5XN4J0+QezOmJxzXG0+4ZG2Rg=iiHWJNJXbA4eYLr-mwwuQ at mail.gmail.com>, 
>>at 08:31:19 on Sun, 23 Nov 2014, Deirdre Williams 
>><williams.deirdre at gmail.com> writes
>>
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30166477
>>
>>> "A law forcing firms to hand details to police identifying who was 
>>>using a computer or mobile phone at a given time is to be outlined by 
>>>Theresa May. The home secretary said the measure would improve 
>>>national security."
>>
>> As far as I can see this is simply replacing the provisions of the 
>>European Data Retention Directive (recently declared invalid) with a 
>>local law.
>>
>> And it's not about "handing details to the police" (or indeed any 
>>other of the many law enforcement organisations), rather it's about 
>>logging the session details in case they are asked for later - under 
>>laws going back 14 years.
>>
>> I like the bit about dial-up modems and dynamic IP addresses, I 
>>wonder how many people remember them? Although perhaps it's really 
>>about carrier-grade NAT and the briefing notes have been given a 
>>rather 20th Century spin.
>> --
>> Roland Perry
>>
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