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dennyhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/15/vehicle_movement_database/
"A '24x7 national vehicle movement database' that logs everything on the UK's roads and retains the data for at least two years is now being built, according to an Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) strategy document leaked to the Sunday Times."
This is getting way beyond a joke. Not to mention the general invasion of privacy the article is focussing on, there's also this line:
"The new offence of keeping a vehicle without insurance criminalises the previously harmless pastime of keeping an uninsured vehicle in a garage and not driving it". What kind of crime is that exactly? Who is the victim?? Fucking hell.
Oh, and while we're on the general subject of our not-a-police-state-honest, this from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/4438060.stm
"A '24x7 national vehicle movement database' that logs everything on the UK's roads and retains the data for at least two years is now being built, according to an Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) strategy document leaked to the Sunday Times."
This is getting way beyond a joke. Not to mention the general invasion of privacy the article is focussing on, there's also this line:
"The new offence of keeping a vehicle without insurance criminalises the previously harmless pastime of keeping an uninsured vehicle in a garage and not driving it". What kind of crime is that exactly? Who is the victim?? Fucking hell.
Oh, and while we're on the general subject of our not-a-police-state-honest, this from
nullstr:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/4438060.stm
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Date: 2005-11-16 12:13 am (UTC)Sadly we are not the safeguards of democracy. :(
And if you don't believe me look at the german passport (it's called ePass yes that word sounds english :) ) with biometric data and RFID chip.
and it is expensive too 59,00 Euro for the normal version and if you want the deluxe version you pay 113,00 Euro