TCSOTD 2008-01-24
Techdirt on that Last.fm announcement
Scotland Yard to investigate Tony Blair and Peter Goldsmith for war crimes
Ross Anderson asks: ‘is the Financial Ombudsman losing it?’
Unshredding East Germany’s past
Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn
Chicken Backup’s excellent post on the new Anti-Terrorism bill
... I have to include this quote from Jacqui Smith:
It won’t be hypothetical if and when it occurs, that’s precisely the point. We are not legislating now on the basis that we’re bringing it in now for something that might happen in the future. We’re putting in a provision for if it becomes unhypothetical. If unfortunately I and many other experts and right and we do need it in the future it is in place in legislation.
Just. Unbelievable.
TCSOTD 2007-12-03
TCSOTD 2007-11-29
Tories: Europeans could get access to UK ID database
... can we just get rid of this idiocy now, please?
RIPA used for non-terrorist investigation shock
... not really a shock, now, is it. Sometimes I really hate saying I told you so.
TCSOTD 2007-11-27
Petition to abandon plans to create the Information Sharing Index
Henry Porter: A mass movement is needed to tackle the state’s snoopers
... hint: Open Rights Group is a good place to start
‘Biometrics are not a panacea for data loss’:A letter to the Joint Committee on Human Rights
Innocents fear DNA database errors
... ‘In the past year, more than 100 possible inaccuracies in the documentation of DNA profiles have been discovered, and a further 1,500 administrative mistakes have been logged on the system.’
A Chinese man is suing for divorce after discovering that he is the father of only one of his twins.
Taxpayer may have to pay £170bn for PFI schemes, says Treasury
Miss Mind the Gap sacked
... oh dear, TfL seem to have lost their corporate sense of humour
