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From: Conor on 23 Mar 2010 15:22 On 23/03/2010 06:55, Steve Firth wrote: > Maria<fallingdown(a)holeinshoe.co.uk> wrote: > >> Several years ago, I had a letter from one of these survey companies >> acting for the government - the letter said that I had been spotted by >> one of those tall blue things by the road, > > I doubt it. I've been stopped at a checkpoint whilst going about my legal business, asked who I worked for (plastered all over the side of the wagon) where I was going, where I'd come from (on the side of the wagon) , what I was carrying and what time I started work. This wasn't from a copper but some gubbermint busybody with a clipboard - the Police were the ones pulling random cars in. Its happened several times in various places. Each time, the response was the same - a polite sod off. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Maria on 23 Mar 2010 15:26 Steve Firth wrote: > Maria <fallingdown(a)holeinshoe.co.uk> wrote: > >> Steve Firth wrote: >>> Maria <fallingdown(a)holeinshoe.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Several years ago, I had a letter from one of these survey companies >>>> acting for the government - the letter said that I had been spotted by >>>> one of those tall blue things by the road, >>> I doubt it. >> What was it then? > > I don't know, but those "tall blue things by the side of the road" are > nothing to do with surveys and the information they collect can't be > easily traced back to the registered keeper. > >> The journey was late at night - I didn't see any surveys. I go out in the >> seven-seater so rarely that I even remember the occasion! > > And did you notice any vans marked "Golden River" parked by the side of > the road, for example? I wouldn't have, no.
From: Conor on 23 Mar 2010 15:31 On 23/03/2010 10:55, Ret. wrote: > What has tracking and dealing with criminals got to do with a 'Police > State'? Isn't that what the police are supposed to be doing? > Because it doesn't just track criminals and the authorities have been shown that they cannot be trusted with information. > I use the North West motorways regularly. Am I concerned about these > advances? Not in the slightest, why should I be? > Because lots of little bits here and there are leading to a very large problem for anyone who values privacy. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Conor on 23 Mar 2010 15:32 On 23/03/2010 10:57, Ret. wrote: > Do you think they have the slightest interest in where *you* are going? > (Unless, that is, your vehicle is tagged as 'of police interest). Look > at the number of 'reads' per day. Do you think it remotely possible that > that number could be recorded in any way to check on everyone's movements? > Yes. There is more than enough computing and network capacity to do that. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Brimstone on 23 Mar 2010 15:33
"Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message news:hob4d1$nem$3(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 23/03/2010 06:55, Steve Firth wrote: >> Maria<fallingdown(a)holeinshoe.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Several years ago, I had a letter from one of these survey companies >>> acting for the government - the letter said that I had been spotted by >>> one of those tall blue things by the road, >> >> I doubt it. > > I've been stopped at a checkpoint whilst going about my legal business, > asked who I worked for (plastered all over the side of the wagon) where I > was going, where I'd come from (on the side of the wagon) , what I was > carrying and what time I started work. This wasn't from a copper but some > gubbermint busybody with a clipboard - the Police were the ones pulling > random cars in. > > Its happened several times in various places. Each time, the response was > the same - a polite sod off. > When I was plating, and driving a car still in wax from the docks to the dealer, I got stopped and asked for the details of my journey. When I said I wasn't making the journey the car was, the DoT bod had to think about it. |