People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their

gucci_shoes · 07-28-2008, 07:12 AM

I wonder how the hell that our ISP's can expect our business when,for me,what they are saying is 'your internet activity is being monitored and we are watching you.'Who in their right mind would sign up to an ISP who are actively monitoring us,even if they don't do anything illegal? It just seems to me very 1984 (George Orwell).I also heard somewhere that Branson ( Virgin Media ),wants to start charging for premium websites? Just what that means I'm not sure,but I think the days of the internet being 'free' are numbered.
What do you think?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7240...

mkruk · 07-28-2008, 07:30 AM

As far as I know, the whole EU is planning to do this. Well, actually not monitoring like looking what exactly someone is transfering, but logging what IPs are being connected and the amount of data being transfered, and so on.

In here the politicians say it was a measure to reduce terrorism (Germany had no successful terrorist attacks since 1977.. heh) and crimes. I once read about Ireland, who are already logging the connections, but the article stated that the rate of solved crimes was just increased by less than a hundredth percent. If that's actually a presentable statistic.. I'd say thats too low to justify the measures to be taken to log all that information. ISPs are practically forced to buy the necessary hardware to log and store that information, although the german government said it'd refund the expenses. Like we don't already have enough debts...

Dino · 07-28-2008, 08:33 AM

The first post appears to be well thought out and properly positioned SPAM.

whiteflags · 07-28-2008, 08:37 AM

I should start using a proxy I guess. Not that I'm doing something worth watching.

**Salem** · 07-28-2008, 09:30 AM

All that, from the home of "freedom" internet access known as "china".

Mario F. · 07-28-2008, 10:05 AM

It tickles when they monitor me.

07-28-2008, 07:12 AM	#1
gucci_shoes Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3	People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their I wonder how the hell that our ISP's can expect our business when,for me,what they are saying is 'your internet activity is being monitored and we are watching you.'Who in their right mind would sign up to an ISP who are actively monitoring us,even if they don't do anything illegal? It just seems to me very 1984 (George Orwell).I also heard somewhere that Branson ( Virgin Media ),wants to start charging for premium websites? Just what that means I'm not sure,but I think the days of the internet being 'free' are numbered. What do you think? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7240... Last edited by nvoigt; 07-28-2008 at 09:17 AM. Reason: SPAM part deleted
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07-28-2008, 07:30 AM	#2
mkruk FOSS Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 64	As far as I know, the whole EU is planning to do this. Well, actually not monitoring like looking what exactly someone is transfering, but logging what IPs are being connected and the amount of data being transfered, and so on. In here the politicians say it was a measure to reduce terrorism (Germany had no successful terrorist attacks since 1977.. heh) and crimes. I once read about Ireland, who are already logging the connections, but the article stated that the rate of solved crimes was just increased by less than a hundredth percent. If that's actually a presentable statistic.. I'd say thats too low to justify the measures to be taken to log all that information. ISPs are practically forced to buy the necessary hardware to log and store that information, although the german government said it'd refund the expenses. Like we don't already have enough debts...
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07-28-2008, 08:33 AM	#3
Dino Jack of many languages Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Katy, Texas Posts: 2,073	The first post appears to be well thought out and properly positioned SPAM. __________________ Mac and Windows cross platform programmer. Ruby lover.
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07-28-2008, 08:37 AM	#4
whiteflags MENTAL DETECTOR Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: United States Posts: 3,295	I should start using a proxy I guess. Not that I'm doing something worth watching.
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Salem and the hat of Jobseeking Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The edge of the known universe Posts: 21,710	All that, from the home of "freedom" internet access known as "china". __________________ If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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07-28-2008, 10:05 AM	#6
Mario F. (?<!re)tired Join Date: May 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 5,662	It tickles when they monitor me. __________________ Originally Posted by brewbuck: Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
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