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I think they should get the hang of not loosing the data they already have before they start mining more.

This kind of thing makes me sick to be English, we have no choice but to let them take all this information yet they can't even secure it properly.

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>we have no choice but to let them take all this information

I thought you guys in UK were a fellow democracy, can't you vote your rulers out of power?

They will be out at the next election, which is good. The current Labour government are a lot more likely to do this sort of thing than the incoming Tory government will be. Labour is for society over individuals, whereas Tory is the opposite in general.

Perhaps they'll reverse much of this nonsense.

It will be a bit late by then; what real-world government is ever going to voluntarily undo a power grab by a previous government?

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