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Re:Edward Snowden: Permanent Record by philjohn on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @09:41AM (#20940064)
And yet in the UK we have a notorious data miner in the heart of No 10 giving an edict for all data from government websites to be fed into a central location for targetting.
Re:Edward Snowden: Permanent Record by petargyurov on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @09:45AM (#20940121)
Sorry, what/who are you referring to?
Re:Edward Snowden: Permanent Record by arethuza on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @09:58AM (#20940272)
"Data privacy campaign groups and Labour have expressed alarm after it emerged Downing Street has ordered departments to centralise the collection and analysis of user information from the government’s main public information website ahead of Brexit."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/10/no-10-request-...

Edit: I wonder if this includes the petition site?? Can't say that I'd be too keen on the Dark Lord Cummings getting the details of my personal petition history!

Edit2: Yes, I know that's not his official job title, at least not yet.

Re:Edward Snowden: Permanent Record by boomskats on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @01:55PM (#20942872)
I actually think it is specifically targeting petitions.gov.uk, under the guise of the 'wider gov.uk' scope.

It's the only part of that site I can see BJ actually giving enough of a shit about to go out of his way and double down on at this point. The rest of the gov.uk stuff is already very well managed and instrumented (and a great public service).

Re:Edward Snowden: Permanent Record by stevenwoo on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @11:38AM (#20941292)
Dominic Cummings, who openly discusses how he would use government's access to data about the public for his idea of the better ala his prior work with the Brexit referendum/movement. https://www.politico.eu/article/inside-the-mind-of-boris-joh...
Re:Edward Snowden: Permanent Record by inscionent on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @09:58AM (#20940268)
My guess is Downing Street, Boris Johnson and London's massive network of CCTV, but I'm not sure.
Re:Edward Snowden: Permanent Record by Raudius on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @10:03AM (#20940314)
I think he means Dominic Cummings and his links to Cambridge Analytica during the Brexit campaign
Re:Edward Snowden: Permanent Record by inscionent on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @11:56AM (#20941534)
Re:Edward Snowden: Permanent Record by atoav on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @10:08AM (#20940368)
They are at it again apparently.