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Re: UK: Passports Will Be Needed to Buy Mobile Phones


From: "Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:25:41 -0700

Labour were sure to ban guns before moving on to biometrically linking
the personally owned tracking and listening device.

Gun bans are usually one of the first steps towards tyranny, for your
and the children's safety, of course.



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From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Gregory Hicks
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 10:01 AM
To: drsollyp () drsolly com; BlueBoar () thievco com
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] UK: Passports Will Be Needed to Buy Mobile Phones


Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:52:29 -0700
From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>
To: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] UK: Passports Will Be Needed to Buy Mobile
Phones

We haven't exercised all the options yet.

This is true.  However

"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot,
jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author)

I'm not sure that the ammo box CAN be used in the UK.  Or in Australia.

Regards,
Gregory Hicks


                             BB

Drsolly wrote:
Didn't work though, did it.

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008, Tomas L. Byrnes wrote:

Hence the reason the founders of the US, Englishmen all until the
Declaration of Independence, felt the need to explicitly declare
the
rights of man, and limit those of government.



-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org
[mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Peter Evans
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 5:55 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] UK: Passports Will Be Needed to Buy Mobile
Phones

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:08:37AM -0700, Paul Ferguson wrote:
Everyone who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register
their
identity on a national database under government plans to extend
massively
the powers of state surveillance.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4969312.ece
This is perhaps the craziest f'ing thing I have ever heard of...
 1984

 Because this is British Government, you're lucky it's only a
quarter of
 a century late.

 Not quite up to "Brazil" yet.


 P

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