This is exactly what I've been banging on about all this time. There's no point giving spooks rules because they won't have any intention of obeying them. In a sense, they can't, because if our lot are bound by published rules, then other country's spook outfits will take advantage of that and have them for breakfast.
Meanwhile, legitimising this data collection will lead to it's misuse against the very people the government are supposed to be looking out for. If it's legitimised then we *will* get more abuses of the recycling bin and school catchment area type. Any civil servant with access and a grudge will be able to fit anyone up on spurious charges and these are only the minor types we've seen so far...it can get much, much worse.
Also worth considering is that it's creating a treasure trove of very personal information for hackers -domestic and foreign- to mine. How the shuddering fuck is this supposed to be doing anything at all to improve our fucking security?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
