kirennia
Part of the furniture
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aye Kir, but in your example, it's no longer random...
some form of profiling/suspecion has been established, even if it might be
crude at best.
Not going to trawl up an old thread...can't remember the name of it However, you remember the one where a woman was followed for 7 days by the police following neighbours allegations for her not scooping up dog crap?
If you disregard whether or not she actually did it, the police still did that following the word of the neighbour. Add in the fact that everyone at some point of their life will come across at least SOME sort of instance whereby they're accused of doing something, this is just another means of invading privacy.
In my view, if the police come around to my house suspecting me of terrorism because some idiot saw me having a fire on a beach, I'd be angry but I'd still let them in as I don't have anything to hide. My name is however permanently on the system so the next time a terrorist allegation (which lets face it, even though VERY small numbers die of terrorism in the UK yearly, it's still a hot topic/excuse), you'd be called up and monitored again and again. Bye bye privacy permanently. Call me paranoid but finger prints are kept permanently even if you're found innocent of a crime, why would this be any different?
It's just another step along the road...