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On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 08:24:21PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > Laughable considering that American ISPs are willing to co-operate > with their government in the illegal wiretap of their entire > userbase and everyone they communicate with: > > http://www.eff.org/cases/att > > There's no reason why the same does not happen here either. Different culture, different law. I believe under UK law all ISPs **have** to provide MI5|6 with an internet feed for all emails. There was a big fuss in 2000 with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act: in a quick google I could not find what the current law is See http://www.vnunet.com/articles/print/2133163 -- Henry Sat Oct 27 06:44:27 BST 2007
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