Mon, 31 Dec 2007

Blog posts in 2006-2007

2007:

• December:
  • Blog posts in 2006-2007
  • Festive season
  • First woman convicted under the Terrorism Act
  • English legal system contaminated
  • National DNA Database breaches Articles 8 and 14 of the ECHR
• November:
  • Multics source reveals le jetteur des gazongues
  • Oppose any extension to the pre-charge detention period - lobby your MP
  • Stockwell One report eventually published
  • Record number of Section 44 stop and search by the Met in 2005/6, less than half a percent arrested in connection with terrorism
  • Health and Safety trial of the Police in the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
• October:
  • It is now clear that the regime was techno-savvy, patient and thorough
  • Double standards
• September:
  • It will never happen to you. Take 234
  • Refuse to be terrorised
  • A web of indifferent watching devices
  • Censorship
  • The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues
  • Innocents are exceptional
• August:
  • Be very alert
  • Detention without trial
  • NDNAD - ERROR NOT FOUND
  • Jean Charles de Menezes, killed but not going away
• July:
  • Counter-terrorism: four Ps... and snitches
• June:
  • The Law Lords
  • Cet emplacement est vers le bas pour l'entretien
  • Copy of Stop and search form 5090 eventually given to me
  • Slipping in Downing Street
  • Government Discussion Document Ahead of Proposed Counter Terror Bill 2007
  • Go see Taking Liberties this week-end and take action
• May:
  • MPA and MPS say no to stop and question but like stop and search
  • Questioning the extension of stop and search to stop and question
  • Arrest innocent and guilty alike, get their DNA swabs, create their entire genome sequence
  • State of emergency, derogation from Article 5 of the ECHR and a further extension to the pre-charge detention period considered
  • NDNAD - one annual report and 162,200 duff records
  • We do not find that it would be conducive to the public good that the appellant should be deported on the grounds that it would be in the interests of national security so to do
  • One hundred and fifteen exceptional cases last year
  • Taking liberties
  • Forensic use of bioinformation and human rights
  • I fought the law by Dan Kieran
• April:
  • More mass lone demonstrations in one day than in 18 months
  • Creative use of the Data Protection Act - literally
  • Fighting torture with copyright and SOCPA with mass lone demos
  • Turning Britain into a nation of suspects - 3
  • Spying on its customers is ok... as long as you can lie about it
• March:
  • BST - GMT, UT, TAI, GPS, UTC
  • Authorised demonstration in Parliament Square
  • Terrorism definition, plus ca change
  • Creative use of the law as a form of protest
  • The Met is still registered with the Information Commissioner, and the entry is public... again
  • Not enough innocents arrested, let's do an ad campaign
  • Chris Lightfoot 1978-2007
  • No record found
• February:
  • Brent Concil calls on the Police to destroy DNA records of innocents
  • Stop the use Section 44 stop and search. It does not make us more secure
  • Id cards - bioinformation open for fishing?
  • Institutionalised snooping and hostile reconnaissance
  • I appeal to the IPCC the outcome of the investigation
  • Joining the dots - Department of potential evidences
  • Reason of arrest is no reason for questioning - is this reasonable?
• January:
  • Interviewed for the Greek TV news programme The Files
  • Lasso of truth to be used first on sex offenders
  • Q
  • There's no such thing as a war on terror in the UK streets... but send in the army just in case
  • Police sends report and outcome
  • Where is the Metropolitan Police entry in the data protection public register?
  • Should the Police keep your DNA forever?
  • Lock'em up
  • You're so September 10
  • Guantanamo must be closed
  • All your base are belong to US
  • The Christmas repeal

2006:

• December:
  • Blog posts for 2006
  • A level of unparalleled threat
  • Findings of Police investigation now with misconduct office
  • Turning Britain into a nation of suspects - 2
  • Andy Hayman criticises Stop and Search under Section 44
  • IPCC confirms findings of Police investigations
  • Read, hear, see
  • Use of biometrics by the Home Office
• November:
  • At least 1,245 overflights or stopovers by CIA planes in Europe
  • The end of violence:
  • Post 911 Blues
  • The DNA good practice manual
  • Practical handbook for border guards
  • Air travel
  • Selection of events in London about civil rights, Nov-Dec 2006
  • UK Police Terrorism Arrest Statistics (Excluding N. Ireland)
  • IPCC-supervised investigation completed
  • Parliamentary debates and the NDNAD
  • Turning Britain into a nation of suspects
• October:
  • Innocent in London - IPCC-supervised investigation close to conclusion
  • A pawn in their propaganda machine - unfounded claims
  • Is the UK a police state? - Sentenced after proven innocent
  • What happened to the Met?
  • Travelling while having a tan
• September:
  • New t-shirt designs
  • Response from the ICO about my complaint on LGC creating its own DNA mini database
  • Department of Potential Evidences - Sixty years ago
  • Traveling while being Hasidic Jew
  • Is the UK a police state? - Department of potential evidences
  • "MPA appoints new Deputy Assistant Commissioners to the Metropolitan Police Service"
  • Is the UK a police state? - A stampede against justice
  • Are you getting spam from gizmonaut.net?
  • Racism, liberty and the war on terror
• August:
  • A pawn in their propaganda machine - Security theatre
  • Techie and terrorist behavioural profiles are the same - Travelling while Asian
  • Fixing blog entries
  • Unimaginable scale
  • Is the UK a police state? - Hostile reconnaissance
  • Innocent in London - ICO explanations
• July:
  • Is the UK a police state? - Police accountability
  • Innocent in London - DNA samples kept by private company
  • One Year On - Is Justice Possible?
  • Before and After 7/7: Interrogating British 'Security' Policies
  • Innocent in London - Meeting the police
  • Innocent in London - Draft statement, another revision
  • Is the UK a police state? - The article that may get you arrested
• June:
  • Innocent in London - Draft statement
  • Innocent in London - Complaint recorded
  • Innocent in London - Need a statement
  • Innocent in London - Supervised investigation
  • Techie and terrorist behavioural profiles are the same - update
  • If you sent me an email this week, please read on...
  • Innocent in London - Complaint referred
  • Is the UK a police state? - Another mistake
  • Is the UK a police state? - 52nd Home Office bill
• May:
  • Innocent in London - Notes from MPA meeting
  • Is the UK a police state? - CCTV surveillance and DNA
  • MPA full Authority meeting tomorrow
  • Innocent in London - Question to the MPA
  • Innocent in London - A more positive entry
  • Community Safety Focus
  • Leaving do
• April:
  • BBC Programme Catalogue
  • Is the UK a police state? - Acts of Parliament
  • Innocent in London - IPCC complaint
  • New sign pictures - lost elephant
  • Innocent in London - MPS report

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Sun, 31 Dec 2006

Blog posts for 2006

2006:

• December:
  • A level of unparalleled threat
  • Findings of Police investigation now with misconduct office
  • Turning Britain into a nation of suspects - 2
  • Andy Hayman criticises Stop and Search under Section 44
  • IPCC confirms findings of Police investigations
  • Read, hear, see
  • Use of biometrics by the Home Office
• November:
  • At least 1,245 overflights or stopovers by CIA planes in Europe
  • The end of violence:
  • Post 911 Blues
  • The DNA good practice manual
  • Practical handbook for border guards
  • Air travel
  • Selection of events in London about civil rights, Nov-Dec 2006
  • UK Police Terrorism Arrest Statistics (Excluding N. Ireland)
  • IPCC-supervised investigation completed
  • Parliamentary debates and the NDNAD
  • Turning Britain into a nation of suspects
• October:
  • Innocent in London - IPCC-supervised investigation close to conclusion
  • A pawn in their propaganda machine - unfounded claims
  • Is the UK a police state? - Sentenced after proven innocent
  • What happened to the Met?
  • Travelling while having a tan
• September:
  • New t-shirt designs
  • Response from the ICO about my complaint on LGC creating its own DNA mini database
  • Department of Potential Evidences - Sixty years ago
  • Traveling while being Hasidic Jew
  • Is the UK a police state? - Department of potential evidences
  • "MPA appoints new Deputy Assistant Commissioners to the Metropolitan Police Service"
  • Is the UK a police state? - A stampede against justice
  • Are you getting spam from gizmonaut.net?
  • Racism, liberty and the war on terror
• August:
  • A pawn in their propaganda machine - Security theatre
  • Techie and terrorist behavioural profiles are the same - Travelling while Asian
  • Fixing blog entries
  • Unimaginable scale
  • Is the UK a police state? - Hostile reconnaissance
  • Innocent in London - ICO explanations
• July:
  • Is the UK a police state? - Police accountability
  • Innocent in London - DNA samples kept by private company
  • One Year On - Is Justice Possible?
  • Before and After 7/7: Interrogating British 'Security' Policies
  • Innocent in London - Meeting the police
  • Innocent in London - Draft statement, another revision
  • Is the UK a police state? - The article that may get you arrested
• June:
  • Innocent in London - Draft statement
  • Innocent in London - Complaint recorded
  • Innocent in London - Need a statement
  • Innocent in London - Supervised investigation
  • Techie and terrorist behavioural profiles are the same - update
  • If you sent me an email this week, please read on...
  • Innocent in London - Complaint referred
  • Is the UK a police state? - Another mistake
  • Is the UK a police state? - 52nd Home Office bill
• May:
  • Innocent in London - Notes from MPA meeting
  • Is the UK a police state? - CCTV surveillance and DNA
  • MPA full Authority meeting tomorrow
  • Innocent in London - Question to the MPA
  • Innocent in London - A more positive entry
  • Community Safety Focus
  • Leaving do
• April:
  • BBC Programme Catalogue
  • Is the UK a police state? - Acts of Parliament
  • Innocent in London - IPCC complaint
  • New sign pictures - lost elephant
  • Innocent in London - MPS report

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Sat, 07 Oct 2006

What happened to the Met?

I've been fixing links that went dead on gizmonaut.net. I had several links to the Information Commissioner's Office and most of them went dead, including the direct links to entries in the Register of data controllers. I searched for the entries and instead of giving direct links I included the registration number (which should last for longer).

One entry I cannot find is the one for the Metropolitan Police. It seems to have disappeared from the register. At least I can't find it using all the names (including Metropolis and MPS) or addresses I can think of. If you do find its entry please let me know. At least the MPS has some information on Data Protection on its website.

That is no more the case for the MPS Directorate of Professional Standards. There doesn't seem to be any information at all anymore on it available on the Metropolitan Police's website. The page linked from all over the web doesn't exist anymore. Some review information of Professional Standards is available on the MPA's website and some of the DPS staff are currently investigating my arrest) so this Directorate still seems to exist.

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Mon, 11 Sep 2006

Are you getting spam from gizmonaut.net?

If you're receiving spam from my domain name gizmonaut.net, know that it has nothing to do with me or my domain. I'm currently receiving tens of thousands of email returned to tens of different email addresses at gizmonaut.net

I am a victim of this spamming as much if not more than you.

Update: several hours later, received about sixty thousand spam email messages. My ISP disabled my .procmailrc as I presume it was taxing their server too much deadling with all this spam. As soon as I realised the problem, luckily early on, I created a recipe whitelisting the few email addresses I've used on this domain and saving all other messages to a spam folder. A bit later I moved this recipe towards the top of .procmailrc. It may not have been enough. I kept the spam in case it may be useful to the ISP but I have no intention to go through 60 K of spam. I'd be happy if my .procmailrc is reactivated with this rule moving the spams to /dev/null instead. I did a few other changes to how my mail is delivered and hopefully won't lose any good email.

br -d

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Sun, 13 Aug 2006

Fixing blog entries

Sorry for all the old posts that are likely to have appeared in your aggregators. I realised having links in titles was a bad idea.

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