Giant database plan 'Orwellian'

by azharcs on 10/15/2008, 11:38 PM with 8 comments
  • by zandorg on 10/15/2008, 11:57 PM

    A friend of mine complained that Orwell, being a kind humanitarian, should not have a bad word named after him. Perhaps Stalinesque?

  • by anthonyrubin on 10/16/2008, 12:40 AM

    PBS has a new Masterpiece series that includes plot elements related to these systems in the UK:

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/lastenemy/index.html

  • by zandorg on 10/16/2008, 1:27 AM

    I haven't read it all. However, I applied for a new 10-year passport in 2005 to bypass the ID card scheme. But they keep coming up with the same old crap and I don't know how to evade them indefinitely.

  • by streety on 10/16/2008, 7:11 AM

    Any suggestions on how to mitigate the risks of a technologically inept government leaving a list of all the sites I visit on a train? Route all traffic through a VPN out of country perhaps?