pretty random

The UK is really turning into the world of 1984, and it's quite scary. I always assumed after 9/11 that the US would freak out more. I mean, they freaked out, but it appears that the UK is wayyy ahead with the invasions of privacy. Maybe it's due to the higher population density, this stuff is less effort?

Privacy rights of innocent people will have to be sacrificed to give the security services access to a sweeping range of personal data, one of the architects of the government's national security strategy has warned.

Sir David Omand, the former Whitehall security and intelligence co-ordinator, sets out a blueprint for the way the state will mine data - including travel information, phone records and emails - held by public and private bodies and admits: "Finding out other people's secrets is going to involve breaking everyday moral rules."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/25/personal-data-terrorism-surveillance