Comments on: British police now able to remotely hack PCs without a warrant http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/01/04/british-police-now-able-to-remotely-hack-pcs-without-a-warrant/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: DavidB http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/01/04/british-police-now-able-to-remotely-hack-pcs-without-a-warrant/comment-page-1/#comment-154809 DavidB Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:03:30 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=11082#comment-154809 Perhaps people (such as blog post writers) ought to actually check out that which they rant about BEFORE they go ranting and spinning and getting people in a lather over a non-story! http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090106-constable-hax0r-loose-in-the-uk-well-yes-and-no.html Perhaps people (such as blog post writers) ought to actually check out that which they rant about BEFORE they go ranting and spinning and getting people in a lather over a non-story!
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090106-constable-hax0r-loose-in-the-uk-well-yes-and-no.html

]]> By: Steve Jay (Tasmania) http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/01/04/british-police-now-able-to-remotely-hack-pcs-without-a-warrant/comment-page-1/#comment-154754 Steve Jay (Tasmania) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:57:20 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=11082#comment-154754 I find it reprehensible that law enforcement agencies in democratic countries are getting powers once deemed undemocratic. It's disturbing enough that police can go fishing for "illegal activity" without sufficient cause or checks on those causes, but that they can fish for "immoral activity", who decides that - it's a value judgement! I find it reprehensible that law enforcement agencies in democratic countries are getting powers once deemed undemocratic. It’s disturbing enough that police can go fishing for “illegal activity” without sufficient cause or checks on those causes, but that they can fish for “immoral activity”, who decides that – it’s a value judgement!

]]> By: DavidB http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/01/04/british-police-now-able-to-remotely-hack-pcs-without-a-warrant/comment-page-1/#comment-154683 DavidB Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:51:24 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=11082#comment-154683 But saying the UK is close to being a police state is a bit of fear mongering. USA agencies have been able to do this same thing since the Patriot Act. But saying the UK is close to being a police state is a bit of fear mongering.

USA agencies have been able to do this same thing since the Patriot Act.

]]> By: thebrix http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/01/04/british-police-now-able-to-remotely-hack-pcs-without-a-warrant/comment-page-1/#comment-154664 thebrix Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:35:19 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=11082#comment-154664 It is pan-European Union (27 countries); 25 of the other 26 countries do not write about it in English, which is why there are so many of these "UK government does dreadful things" stories when the issue is far bigger and, I suspect, many other countries have police services with less oversight and/or fewer scruples ... It is pan-European Union (27 countries); 25 of the other 26 countries do not write about it in English, which is why there are so many of these “UK government does dreadful things” stories when the issue is far bigger and, I suspect, many other countries have police services with less oversight and/or fewer scruples …

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