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Would you want a PC "black box"?

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http://activepolitic.com:82/News/2011-1 ... puter.html
EU Parliament Debates Installing A Black Box On Your Computer

EU MEP Tiziano Motti (Italy), wants everything you do online to be logged and saved, for the sake of the children. Like a black box installed on every computer. He proposes an early warning system of criminal activity, specifically whenever an image of sexually abused children is detected, an alarm, goes to the authorities to be able to see who uploaded it.

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These romans are crazy.
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Hey, I have a black-box! And soon you will marry one as well :D
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Magnus Frater spectat?


Nanny state?
Meh.....jamin has most likely already found a number of workarounds....... ;-)
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I love the excuse this guy is using: "Its to protect the children..."
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Isn't it always the excuse to spy on citizens?
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surely you could just disconnect the "black-box"........

"Its to protect the children..." I am sure it is :lol:
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