[LINK] Surveillance Society

[Tom Koltai]

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> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Chris Gilbey
> Sent: Sunday, 1 March 2009 7:01 AM
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<snip>
>³In the last 10 or 15 
> years a great deal of surveillance in public and private 
> places has been extended without sufficient thought to the 
> risks and consequences.
> Full story is at
> 
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5812076.ece

Actually in the UK - 23 years, for telephone calls from "persons of
interest".

And according to Fridays edition of that bastion of reporting - the MX
newspaper, in Australia, Police have announced that they are
implementing fingerprint scans on persons committing what could be
classified as misdemeanours e.g.: swearing and comparing them within 90
seconds to a national database of criminals to prevent young people from
providing false information to police when questioned.

I don’t actually remember this legislation passing anywhere.....
And if they're not already in the database - how does this prevent them
from giving false information?

Tom.