You have a beard…you’re encrypting your emails…I give you 24 hours before they come knocking…

They won’t knock. They’ll kick the door in.

Ah yes…but will it be the right door??

Thank God it wasn’t the edukashun minister responding…that’ll be ‘warrant’ Jacqui…

That makes one of us, then….

Of course, under my administration, we would protect the rights of citizens and cuddle that door down

You don’t want to know what we sniff for…

Yeah - our reach is vast!
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/surveillance/types-of-surveillance

I did consider protesting to the British government when I found out they had been listening to all my phone calls to home while I lived in Ireland. Then I figured that British taxpayers had more reason to protest - that is one huge waste of money. They probably do some sort of analysis whether the investment pays off, but it’s a bit too easy for the listeners to point out foiled terrorist plans. Well, obviously they were foiled, as the attacks didn’t happen. (A bit like the fridge magnet I have that keeps lions out of the fridge. Seems to be 100% effective so far.)

Perhaps if we FOI’d them we could treat this as an amazing, efficient free data backup service. No need every to worry that you’ve forgotten a conversation, lost a file, had a hard drive crash… etc.

In fact, perhaps we can ask them to provide a reminder service. If the Government saw it as a service to taxpayer as well as surveillance, a polite phone call from a US base in Yorkshire reminding you that you had said in an earlier phone conversation with granny that you would do x or y. You need never have to remember anything ever again.

And if you don’t give it to us, we’ll get it from you - accurately. Apparently

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7419751.stm