Britain under the Nazis? No. Britain under New Labour! A slideshow of stills… all from London during 2009. No narrative needed. But a word or two of explanation… The heavy-handedness and increasing abuses of the authority of their office by the police is nowhere more in evidence than in the suppression of dissent and legitimate [...]
From the BBC Radio 4 iPM programme… Surveillance fears for the UK Computer security veteran Phil Zimmermann warns about the seductive nature of technology. The UK is risking sliding unwittingly into a police state because of the growing use of surveillance technology, says security guru Phil Zimmermann. “When you live in that society and it [...]
Originally published at Tilting at Windmills 16 February 2009 This is not the piece I wanted to write! I wanted to write something short and sharp. This piece is neither of those. I wanted to write a simple piece about the new powers the police have today been given. This piece isn’t that either. For [...]
