[LINK] Fw: Fwd: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Brits' Failed Heavy Metal Censorship Attempt Disrupts Wikipedia Edits

Martin Barry marty at supine.com
Tue Dec 9 09:03:14 AEDT 2008


$quoted_author = "Russell Ashdown" ;
>    
> It is dangerous to assume that any communications carried out via the 
> Internet are "private".  

...and anyone who has anything worth keeping secret runs VPNs between sites,
uses encrypted client/server connections and encrypts email.


> For many years now, the Australian, New 
> Zealand, Canadian, United States and Great Britain governments have been 
> actively monitoring and "recording" _all_ Internet traffic.  This is in 
> addition to any filtering policy.

Got a citation for that?

I don't think any of those governments are in a position, nor have the
capability, to do what you are describing.

cheers
Marty



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