Will we be imprisoned for using encryption? Are you prepared to accept government surveillance of your every move? Martin Brampton isn't, despite what looks like the coming of a truly Orwellian society.
Maybe I'm paranoid but that doesn't prove they aren't out to get me. These days, it seems as if the government plans to get us all well and truly under its thumb. If the ID cards are not enough, then the anti-terrorist legislation will be.
Authoritarians like to dismiss the 'civil rights industry'. Odd really, since we know exactly what happens in countries like Uzbekistan where people don't have civil rights: arbitrary arrest, torture and imprisonment. Are the victims guilty? No one can ever know but probably not in many cases. Lack of proper legal procedure encourages false reports based on grudges.
