Re: And how exactly will this stop unmonitored random nutters driving cars at people again?
What it will do is make it harder for the guys who groom and coerce vulnerable people into doing things like this getting away with it.
Like money laundering legislation, it will just affect normal people, and not make a jot of difference to the bad guys, since they will just put a little effort into circumventing it. And at the same time make us all a little bit less safe from unconstrained government snooping.
You also seem to be under the delusion that this will be used just for counter-terrorism. I suppose it is understandable since that is all the Government ever talks about, but if so, then why do you think that dozens and dozens of bodies, such as the Department of Work and Pensions, the Competition and Markets Authority, and the Gambling Commission, can legally access your communications data? Do you think that the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust really have a role in "making it harder for the guys who groom and coerce vulnerable people into doing things like this getting away with it"?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
