UK: Censors, Tracks and Balkanizes Its Internet; 10yrs for Pirates

[zen at freedbms.net (Zenaan Harkness)]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 07:11:19AM +0100, oshwm wrote:
> The UK Gov has spent two generations indoctrinating people right from
> birth that privacy is only for bad people, big corporations will look
> after them, gov dependency is a good thing, debt is a good thing,
> politics is of no interest and too complicated for them etc etc

But people keep sharing. We'll know they've succeeded when common folk
dob each other in for "sharing".


> Only subversive types would think otherwise and so any of you opposing
> their plans are quite simply extremists and terrorists.

:/


> Unless the peoples minds can be 'reprogrammed' then those of us
> subversive types who have somehow avoided being brainwashed will
> become criminals according to the state.

s/will/already have become/


> So, Brits on the list, expect a bumpy ride.

Not just the UK - Australia, USA, surely other countries too?


The good thing is that the pressure for digital privacy and anonymity
tools may increase...

Now where's that Tor plugin for my bittorrent client again?