Comments on: Reporting online terrorists http://www.marcus-povey.co.uk/2010/02/04/reporting-online-terrorists/ Making the world a better place, one byte at a time... Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:25:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Marcus Povey http://www.marcus-povey.co.uk/2010/02/04/reporting-online-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-7954 Marcus Povey Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:35:44 +0000 http://www.marcus-povey.co.uk/?p=426#comment-7954 Precisely.. pretty much any piece of information could be classed as "information likely to be useful to a terrorist" and so fall foul of this law since it takes no account of context. Given that it is fairly safe to assume that the people who draft these laws are not stupid, a cynical person could conclude that the legislation is deliberately broad. Perhaps to provide a useful tool to quash any opposition or dissenting voices... Precisely.. pretty much any piece of information could be classed as “information likely to be useful to a terrorist” and so fall foul of this law since it takes no account of context.

Given that it is fairly safe to assume that the people who draft these laws are not stupid, a cynical person could conclude that the legislation is deliberately broad.

Perhaps to provide a useful tool to quash any opposition or dissenting voices…

]]> By: Terence Eden http://www.marcus-povey.co.uk/2010/02/04/reporting-online-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-7953 Terence Eden Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:15:12 +0000 http://www.marcus-povey.co.uk/?p=426#comment-7953 The issue I've always had is with "information likely to be useful to a terrorist". Knowing that the PM lives at 10 Downing Street, SW1A 2AA is pretty useful. Knowing that petrol is flammable would seem pretty useful. Knowing that Heathrow Airport check-in is extremely crowded during the summer holidays would seem useful. Where's the bar? The issue I’ve always had is with “information likely to be useful to a terrorist”. Knowing that the PM lives at 10 Downing Street, SW1A 2AA is pretty useful. Knowing that petrol is flammable would seem pretty useful. Knowing that Heathrow Airport check-in is extremely crowded during the summer holidays would seem useful.

Where’s the bar?

]]> By: Marcus Povey http://www.marcus-povey.co.uk/2010/02/04/reporting-online-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-7952 Marcus Povey Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:46:40 +0000 http://www.marcus-povey.co.uk/?p=426#comment-7952 Of course, those of us with a more classically liberal point of view would suggest that saying/thinking a thing is separate from actually *doing* a thing... ... and there's already perfectly good legislation in place to handle that. Of course, those of us with a more classically liberal point of view would suggest that saying/thinking a thing is separate from actually *doing* a thing…

… and there’s already perfectly good legislation in place to handle that.

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