In order to fight terrorism (so they say) the powers that be want ISP’s to retain all data, so when something happens they can browse the data to look for a possible suspect. Yeah right. Apart from being a plan that costs the ISP’s a lot of money (and that will raise your subscription fees), there is no way in the world they will find what they are looking for. Other than that: data retention violates human rights in terms of their privacy. Would you like the police to know who you’ve been emailing with, what websites you’ve been visiting and what cellular phonecalls you’ve made in the last 6 months (or even 4 years!)?! I guess not! So, sign this petition. It’s simple, and perhaps it will end this stupid discussion.
Sep 082005