Our Orwellian dystopia

Do you really think they care or we will get a choice? (Data privacy and the surveillance state - have your say here, www.computing.co.uk/2235941). This is “Nu Labour” - the most un-democratic of democracies.

Look at the way they treat our data. How many databases have they lost? With their approval and backing of Phorm - even though it was clearly illegal - the government can monitor our internet browsing. If the government wants, they can quite legally force you to give up encryption codes for any sensitive data you may have. They are now passing legislation to enable agencies to break into your home PC.

All this data is freely available to all government agencies. That means your milkman could find out what you have been looking at on the internet. The opposition parties won’t make too much of a fuss - after all, they will inherit all this data and monitoring ability. Liberty is dead – Orwell’s ideas live on in politicians.

Dominic, submitted on the web