Author Archives: Phil

Good ol’ Grauniad

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] Now here’s a thing. Last Thursday I wrote a letter to the Guardian, hoping to refute Blunkett & the Home Office’s continued assertion that 80% of us support their proposals. … Continue reading

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Hacks report the HAC Report

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] [Apologies to any journalists, but I couldn’t resist the pun] It’s been an interesting few days, kicked off by a fine evening spent selling NO2ID T-shirts and signing up supporters … Continue reading

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Fer cryin’ out loud!

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] The Times reported yesterday that All children [are] to go on [a] ‘big brother’ computer. One aspect of the Children’s Bill that, e.g. Spy Blog has been tracking with increasing … Continue reading

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Pizza surveillance

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] I’d browsed past this ACLU Pizza animation a couple of times before I actually took the time to watch it all the way through. Well worth a couple of minutes … Continue reading

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Submission to the Home Office

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] What follows is the full text of my e-mail submission to the Home Office consultation on ID cards. The deadline is today so, if you haven’t done so already, please … Continue reading

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