UK Proposing Real-Time Monitoring of All Communications

An anonymous reader writes "In response to a plans to introduce real time monitoring of all UK Internet communications, a petition has been set up in opposition." Previously covered here, El Reg chimes in with a bit of conspiracy theorizing and further analysis: "It would appear that the story is being managed: the government is looking to make sure that CCDP is an old news story well ahead of the Queen's Speech to Parliament on 9 May. Sundays — especially Sunday April the 1st — are good days to have potentially unpopular news reach the population at large."

Brilliant!

[defnoz]

An e-petition! Brilliant! Since their inception a few years ago they have revolutionised democracy!

Re:Brilliant!

[MadKeithV]

They allow the government to precisely target which sections of the population to ignore.

You mean "all of them except the big contributors to my slush fund"?

Re:Brilliant!

[Anonymous Coward]

"And what are you going to do about it? Vote Labour? Hahahahahaha" - AC predicts the response from the Conservative leadership.

Re:Yeah right...

[Anonymous Coward]

Easy, they just ban the encryption altogether. You have nothing to hide right? Easy cheap solutions, remember? Make the sheep pay for their own surveillance/persecution is the best way, it does not cost anything! They are doing it to themselves, muhahahaha!

Hitler would proud

[MrKaos]

See the guys with the British accents *are* the bad guys.

Re:Orwillian?

[beowulfcluster]

I am gonna right a new book called 2084

Please extend my sympathies to your future editor.

Re:Brilliant!

[Inda]

I said something similar to my MP yesterday whilst using writetothem.com. It too forces you to give up your email address.

"I sincerely hope I can trust you with my email address", my letter started.

Justin Tomlinson (MP) is actually one of the good ones, even for a Tory. He turns up for meetings, doesn't claim for first class travel, always votes.

Wait, I'm praising an MP for doing his job. Ignore me, I must be ill.