Comments on: British police allowed to hack into private PCs

By: Phk

Phk — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:16:40 +0000

America… F#ck YEH!

By: dumb sh!ts

dumb sh!ts — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:57:57 +0000

dumb noob thomas jefferson was talking about watching the government, not the government watching you, read the rest of the quote.

By: not happy

not happy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:57:17 +0000

well what can i say, ? APPART FROM F**KIN SIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATING F**KERS, !!!!
plus i dont think firewalls etc wont make a difference, if they want to hack your pc they will no probs, jst good luck on breakin in my house !!! my dogs a sycopath lol

By: mrtorch

mrtorch — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:07:48 +0000

Some of you are missing the point, this could only happen to you if are commiting a serious crime, that does not include downloading Pineapple Express from pirate bay!! Also it doesn't matter what computer OS you use, neither does it make a difference what anti virus software!. If the police/sis need to know what is on your computer they will break into your house and copy your hard drive!. Though you must be right nasty bastard if they need to do that. You reap what you sow.

By: n00b sk00l dr0p0wt

n00b sk00l dr0p0wt — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:08:52 +0000

Well said SmokingMan.

However, it was Thomas Jefferson, a contemporary of Benjamin Franklin who said, "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

If you lived in a war zone of terrorists, and other such miscreants, wouldn't you do all in your power to ensure your people, even if it meant something somewhat invasive?

By: SmokingMan

SmokingMan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:56:11 +0000

@134

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
-Benjamin Franklin

By: Jay Hunter

Jay Hunter — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:47:04 +0000

Maybe the answer is to store all your illegal movies and music on an external hard drive, and access them when you're not on the internet. This is a gross violation of privacy laws.

But laws are made, and the internet boffins find a way (or a few ways) to break them. The internet and file-sharing will never die. Hollywood and everyone else should just embrace it.

I have also say that piracy has it's upside – instead of waiting for a few months for a film to be released, Hollywood has stepped up it's act in releasing films on a simultaneous day to combat pirated versions. Well done, internet!

By: nin

nin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:42:02 +0000

it's important to do something against dictatorship

By: me

me — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:18:43 +0000

streaky:
"Actually, that's criminal copyright infringement, which requires redistribution. The act of downloading stuff is not a criminal act"
that's true, but only if you're really ONLY downloading (ie. those rapidshare links that spam every news) – but if you're using TORRENTS – well, this changes the whole thing! then you actually are *redistributing* copyrighted material (by uploading/sharing to other ppl) and are therefore commiting a crime as the law states

By: streaky

streaky — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:39:04 +0000

"Copyright theft carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in the UK"

Actually, that's criminal copyright infringement, which requires redistribution. The act of downloading stuff is not a criminal act but one that at worst would bring about a civil suit which the police shouldn't have anything to do with, ever – and if they do the police are wasting taxpayers money because it'll never go anywhere in a criminal court, and worse, will bring suits directed at them.

And also, you're not the only ones to do this but why is the story always "British police this/that" when it's a European regulation?

Regardless anyway, none of this will be admissible in a British court so you'll never see the police here doing this over British crimes because the risk is – or should I say, the fact is – that this sort of stuff will taint an entire evidence chain.

By: Kowalski

Kowalski — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:29:47 +0000

Is no one else looking for the good in this? New job openings for people like us! YAY!

But on a more serious note, I have to say this is quite ridiculous, what kind of criminals do they really intend to catch here? and it said they've got the permission to do this if he "Believes" there's incriminating evidence on the PC, well who's to say they won't just start searching EVERY PC and once they find something say "I really believed we'd find something on this 87 year old ladies PC"

IMO, just as everyone's ….horse sh!t

By: n00b sk00l dr0p0wt

n00b sk00l dr0p0wt — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:42:30 +0000

Why are you guys so concerned?
Some people take comfort in the authorities doing surveillence.
If you ever were the victim of a crime the first thing you ask yourself was were were the police when it was happening.
If breaking into PCs is an effective means of protecting the public at large then the good of the many outweigh the good of the few.
I would gladly give up a little privacy to ensure my safety.
Lets face it..don't you make decisions to walk down the well lit street with security cameras instead of the dark alley?
Lighten up peoples. Its not a big deal.

By: me

me — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:18:28 +0000

Hoohim, it's people like you, who believe in badly fabricated fairy-tales which are ment to justify limiting of human rights and increasing overal surveilance, that take a large chunk of blame for all authoritarian and police states. Why? Because you don't care if your privacy and human rights are viloated … after all it's just national security and that means it's to keep you safe, right?
(mind you – it's a rethorical question)

By: Chilly

Chilly — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:08:34 +0000

AHHH… PANIC!!! HELP… PEER GUARDIAN 2… !!!

Anyone who remotely thinks that this has in ANYWAY ANYTHING to do with people downloading movies is R3TARDED!!!!!!!

This is a step to investigate SERIOUS crime, not grabbing High School Musical 3 from Rapidshare, get over yourselfs kids.

Sure, this is not good… but is does NOT affect YOU!!

And the next idiot that mentions PeerGuardian as a means of protection from ANYONE or ANYTHING on the internet needs to go back to n00b school 101…

By: Liberty

Liberty — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:37:43 +0000

2) "A good society depends on the free availability of facts and opinions, and on the growth of vision and consciousness – the description of what individuals have actually seen and known and felt. Any restriction of the freedom of individual contribution is actually a restriction of the resources of society."

Solution, get organized and stand up for your rights people! Otherwise, just like 1.3 billion living in mainland China, a corrupt regime (wealthy Communist Party Officials) will be determining your fate, your standards of living and very life.

Don't allow your choice to be silenced, to be advocated away…