Britons most spied upon people in Western Europe

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Interesting story from Slashdot:
someone on Slashdot wrote: "People who refuse to give up their bank records, tax records & details of any benefits they've claimed, and the records of their car movements for the last year, or refuse to submit to an interrogation on whether they are the same person that this mountain of data belongs to — will be denied passports from March 26th. The Blair government has already admitted that this and other data will be cross-linked so that the Home Office and other officials can spy on the everyday lives of innocent Britons. Britons were already the most spied upon nation in Western Europe - more so even than Sweden. Data-mining through this unprecedented level of mass-surveillance allows any future British government to leapfrog even countries like China and North Korea."
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Hehehe. Welcome to America, kiddies...
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Your countries´ officials do it legaly, that´s the difference to germany here. :wink:
As soon as the technical abillities are there, tehy´ll get used.
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:eek: Even more so than Sweden, you say?

:urff: :lol: WTF?
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WTF? I need to get out of this country while my current passport's still valid. Do you think I'll get political asylum in Belgium or the Netherlands? :lol:
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markfiend wrote:Do you think I'll get political asylum in Belgium or the Netherlands? :lol:
Christophe's mum might take you in... :wink: :notworthy:
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..if you eat enough, that is. ;D
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Feeling very hungry all of a sudden at the thought of those addictive waffles :eek: ;D :notworthy: ...
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