Arrested for conspiring to intercept communications

[centurian]

I was not aware such a law existed, shirley that makes the concept of the internet illegal in the UK. I am going to tracert BBC - Homepage and head down the cop shop with a list of IPs.

I think the new law was the RIPA (2000) Act, so the Internet was around at the time. I think it is based upon consent, so you can snoop as long as you have "permission" of a party involved.

If an ISP inspects packets with the intention of snooping the underlying message, that might fall foul of the act. But inspecting the packet in order to route it - well that's what you (your computer) is asking them to do as per the TCP/IP protocol, so you've "given them permission" to do it.

And don't call me Shirley...

[minestrone]

I was not aware such a law existed, shirley that makes the concept of the internet illegal in the UK. I am going to tracert BBC - Homepage and head down the cop shop with a list of IPs.

I will demand root and branch reform and a redoubling of efforts. waa waa waa, yadda yadda.

[ratewhore]

& wasn't it rude of the News of the World to go round collecting Gordon Brown's personal data before his National Identity Card scheme had had a chance to do it first?

Yes, I found his hypocrisy staggering...

[thunderlizard]

& wasn't it rude of the News of the World to go round collecting Gordon Brown's personal data before his National Identity Card scheme had had a chance to do it first?

[Zippy]

Neil Wallis, the former executive director of The News of the World has been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications.

Isn't that exactly the same thing that the UK Government permits the Americans to do at places in the UK such as Menwith Hill?

Oh right, one rule for those bastards and another for us, eh?

Yep. It doesn't make either practice right, does it? Give me a wave when you get to Guantanamo Bay

[Pondlife]

Neil Wallis, the former executive director of The News of the World has been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications.

Isn't that exactly the same thing that the UK Government permits the Americans to do at places in the UK such as Menwith Hill?

Oh right, one rule for those bastards and another for us, eh?

No it's the same rule for both. It's just that the yanks have permission and so aren't breaking the law.

It sort of came up in a thread about kitchen radios over in technical.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/section/48

[Churchill]

Neil Wallis, the former executive director of The News of the World has been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications.

Isn't that exactly the same thing that the UK Government permits the Americans to do at places in the UK such as Menwith Hill?

Oh right, one rule for those bastards and another for us, eh?