TheBryster opened this issue on Jan 09, 2009 · 56 posts
PJF posted Fri, 09 January 2009 at 5:15 PM
Sorry Bryster but that's small potatoes and a bit old news. Probably a bit of spin to divert attention from this:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5439604.ece
Note that this is an EU directive that expands laws that have existed for over a decade. It applies to all EU states and effectively it means that any police force (or other government agency) anywhere in the EU can access a computer anywhere in the EU. All without a warrant. How "progressive"!
While it always delights me to see those infected with Bush Derangement Syndrome frothing at the mouth spouting ill informed comment (whatever will you do after the 20th?), it should be noted that this is not legal in the USA, unless one party to a communication is outside the USA.