Data Retention
From Spy Blog .. more on ISP Data Retention.
Guess what - they are going to keep our data for longer now - even if you are not a hacker, criminal or terrorist.
Who checks the integrity of the data? Who will be able to access it?
They should put the database on the web with SDK's and API's to allow anyone to query it.
Public information should be public knowledge.
No I don't think they will do it - unless there was a NuLabour rebranding ..
I know - lets call it Web 2.0 Open Government!!!
NEW GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT!!
Blair 2.0 - the next generation - coming to a p2p, blog-served, xml-enabled, rss-feeded, technorati-tagged webserver somewhere near you. (Unless we outsource it)
Just don't bother writing to your MP - OpenGov 2.0 will even VOTE for you by aggregating your personal tags - before telling you what YOU really think.
REGISTER YOUR VOTE!!
Fill in your name and address and we will decide how you will vote based on your (a) credit card rating, (b) your current folksonomy rating, (c) criminal record, (d) whether you are on any "watch list" or not, (e) whether someone arbitrary has decided you are a "subversive personality" or other "kind of risk" and (f) any other reason we haven't thought of yet.
Please click the "accept" button for our EULA.
Apparently it's called "The Wisdom of the Crowd"
Sorry .. but try telling German Jews in WWII about the "Wisdom of the Crowd" ... they might laugh at you .. or cry ..
Bah!! - Whoever we vote for the government still gets in!!