tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post7419101225645064930..comments2023-10-01T16:53:17.274+01:00Comments on Cicero's Songs: Big BrotherCicerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-80836265902717728432008-06-08T08:32:00.000+01:002008-06-08T08:32:00.000+01:00Good Job! :)Good Job! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-35124571865945697972008-05-29T13:38:00.000+01:002008-05-29T13:38:00.000+01:00Too right Jock! I think privacy is an area that we...Too right Jock! I think privacy is an area that we as a partyshould really go a whole bundle on...Cicerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-52329316006605762362008-05-29T13:37:00.000+01:002008-05-29T13:37:00.000+01:00Too right Jock! I think privacy is an area that we...Too right Jock! I think privacy is an area that we as aa partyshould really go a whole bundle on...Cicerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-59546688796200207112008-05-20T15:08:00.000+01:002008-05-20T15:08:00.000+01:00When they brought in the Regulation of Investigato...When they brought in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act and at the time we had a civil liberties policy working party going on that I attended, before ID cards were really mentioned, I suggested that we should each have a sort of a "nuclear key" ID mechanism of our own, and any data held by any government agency about us could only be accessed if the member of staff wanting access had their key AND some authentication inputs from the data subject themselves so effectively no civil servant could access your data without your express permission each time. Unweildy? Perhaps, but that was partly the idea!<BR/><BR/>Golly - not that I remember personally, but to think that once upon a time not so terribly long ago a different tax officer would deal with each of different schedules in your tax return so that no one civil servant ever was supposed to know exactly how much you were worth in total. Halcyon days!Jock Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550558005508328017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-68505143447327150132008-05-20T15:04:00.000+01:002008-05-20T15:04:00.000+01:00Thank you for that post. This is a topic where th...Thank you for that post. This is a topic where the country seems ignorant of the problems, or have a mindset - expressed on radio phone ins - that "if you've done nothing wrong you've nothing to hide". A wonderful riposte to that.<BR/><BR/>I have posted on this today and there is a very good piece in The Register indicating some of the technical problems with the proposal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-54134347266101392672008-05-20T14:20:00.000+01:002008-05-20T14:20:00.000+01:00Well I quite agree and that is an excellent post...Well I quite agree and that is an excellent post.Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.com