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From the piece: Local authorities are to be given the power to access all the details of everyone’s personal text messages, emails, phone calls, and internet use under Home Office proposals published yesterday. Ministers want to make it mandatory for telephone and internet companies to keep details of all personal internet traffic for at least 12 months so it can be accessed for investigations into crime or other threats to public safety. tags security big brother britain 1984 politics------ Welcome to 1984, and it looks like it's here to stay. Irrespective of the supposed 'security' such measures will bring, I did not ask for, nor do I want, such intrusion into my life. picked by generaldecay 3 months ago |
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When told that 911 is not for traffic complaints, he said "F*ck you" and hung up. 11 comments edit related share politics911 operator called back and got his voicemail. Then McCain called again to complain.. Audio of calls in video. He will no longer campaign for his brother.Latest report from AP picked by suebe 4 weeks ago |
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What is WhatDoTheyKnow for? To help you find out inside information about what the UK government is doing. How does the site work? You choose the public authority that you would like information from, then write a brief note describing what you want to know. We then send your request to the public authority. Any response they make is automatically published on the website for you and anyone e... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
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A man in Cocoa, Fla., told police the only way to get his brother to stop talking was to stab him. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A woman in Plymouth, Britain, has been having phone troubles since she changed her service provider and started getting calls meant for a sex line. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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After stealing a woman's bag, she pleads with thief to return it but keep money. After 21 text messages, he returns everything. A little bit touching and hope-filled. picked by sfeldner 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Now you can watch the movie or read the classic dystopian novel online. 0 comments edit related share plime.comAlso check out rest of site above for many other videos. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
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A dumped girlfriend plagued her ex with more than 10,000 calls and text messages in 65 days, a British court has heard. Timothy Mortimore, 37, received the equivalent of one call or message every eight minutes. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 6 comments edit related share weird |
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A startup has come up with a new way to make money from phone calls connected via the Internet: having software listen to the calls, then displaying ads on the callers' computer screens based on what's being talked about. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
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Plans by Google to photograph millions of British homes and publish them online have been condemned as a 'gross invasion of privacy'. picked by maxriter 4 months ago 2 comments edit related share technology |
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Britain has more surveillance cameras than any other Western democracy. Here's a debate on the pros and cons. picked by hisidea 1 year ago 9 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Like the dystopian movies list and Newspeak dictionary, some 1984 goodness, ranking how close today's America is with the world of Big Brother and the Party. picked by TheStep 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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These remarkable photographs show Britain at the dawn of the 20th century in a way that has never been seen before. A photographic record of the country in 1900, from Clacton Pier to Dumfries, the delicate colours bring the scenes to life in what was then a revolutionary photographic technique invented by the Swiss printer Orell Fussli. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A plan to offer consumers Internet access through their home's power lines may soon come to fruition for residents of Grand Ledge, Mich. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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"This Is Nicolas Sarkozy. Is Sarah Palin Available?" 1 comments edit related share politics("Yes, I'd like to speak to miss suebe...this is a collect obscene phone call") picked by Bornbad 1 week ago |
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A Pentagon office is taking advantage of the collaborative nature of the Internet as it studies potential applications for space-based solar power 0 comments edit related share plime.comHeadline link is story about this site. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago |
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If you have a CDMA phone it probably came with software that will get you internet access where-ever you have a signal. Learn how to take advantage of this with just a little configuration. picked by jLoSsDh 10 months ago 1 comments edit related share arts |
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"Under the Motor Vehicle Operator License Identification Act, all US states are required to digitally store a copy of every valid driver's license." 7 comments edit related share plime.comSounds like an invasion of privacy to me, your personal info is in an public online searchable database. Fortunately, you can opt out when you find yours. The search function is bogged down at times, use the link if it does not advance. picked by Moe 1 year ago |