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posted by LaminatorX on Thursday November 06 2014, @09:38AM   Printer-friendly
from the war-on-error dept.

The Guardian reports:

Theresa May has reportedly moved to quash an attempt by her cabinet colleague Sajid Javid to improve mobile phone coverage by warning that the plans could aid terrorists, according a leaked letter.

[...] May argues in the leaked internal Whitehall letter that Javid’s plans to end “not-spots”, by allowing customers to roam between rival networks, could aid criminals and terrorists. The Times reported that May’s objections centre around concerns that roaming would make it more difficult for the agencies to track suspects.

In the letter, extracts of which have been published in the Times, May says that national roaming “could have a detrimental impact on law enforcement, security and intelligence agency access to communications data and lawful intercept”.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by WizardFusion on Thursday November 06 2014, @01:10PM

    by WizardFusion (498) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 06 2014, @01:10PM (#113496) Journal

    Cars help terrorists move around different locations - we should ban them

    FFS

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 06 2014, @01:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 06 2014, @01:45PM (#113509)

    Actually, pen and paper allow terrorists to write down and exchange messages which cannot be caught by remote surveillance at all! We urgently must forbid pen and paper, or teh terrorists will win!

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday November 06 2014, @05:27PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Thursday November 06 2014, @05:27PM (#113575)

      That's why you have the cloud, citizen.
      You do not need local storage. Local storage could be used to store improper or unpleasant thoughts, citizen.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 06 2014, @11:49PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 06 2014, @11:49PM (#113694)

        If you've done nothing wrong you've got nothing to fear.

        If you've something to hide you shouldn't even be here.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by WillR on Thursday November 06 2014, @03:18PM

    by WillR (2012) on Thursday November 06 2014, @03:18PM (#113535)
    I was just thinking how pathetic a government functionary from 100 years ago would have sounded, if she had the same attitude...

    "May argues in the leaked internal Whitehall letter that the London and North Eastern Railway's electrification plans - which would allow trains to travel long distances without coal and water stops - could aid anarchists, saboteurs, and criminals by letting them effortlessly outrun constables on horseback."