UK considering passport and registration necessary to own a phone

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4969312.ece

NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN.

UGH.

Thats not good at all.

No big surprise i suppose, must be annoying for the British citizens.

THE END IS NEAR

I have nothing particularly against needing some form of ID to buy a phone, it would make tracking terrorist activities much easier if they had solid proof of who owns the phone. The problem I have with it is that I don't travel abroad, and therefore I don't have a passport. Passports cost £72. I think you can see where I'm going with this. NOT EVERYONE HAS 72 FUCKING POUNDS TO THROW OUT OF THE WINDOW!!!!!!!! THE GOVERNMENT HAD BETTER PAY FOR A PASSPORT FOR ME IF I'VE GOT TO HAVE ONE TO GET A PHONE!!!!!!!!

"I doubt a terrorist would be worried about registering his phone... this will just affect you english people."

i can understand the logic behind the proposal and i guess its just a sign of the times that measures like this are necessary

"Levio91 said:

"I doubt a terrorist would be worried about registering his phone... this will just affect you english people."

The whole point of it is that they have to. You can't get a phone without registering it. I'd guess they've got some technological method of not allowing unregistered phones to make calls, otherwise it is pretty pointless since it'll just lead to a huge black market in mobile phones."

What a load of tosh

Wouldn't the "bad guys" just use payphones then? Or they'd just have "illegal" phones, so only the honest people would be registered.

One city, in a misdirected move on the "war on crime" decided to deactivate all pay phones (you know, so drug dealers can't call to make deals - not like they can't walk or drive wherever), but they all had cell phones anyways, so look who paid the price.

lol and I though the Patriot Act was bad but England brings it to a new level

"i can understand the logic behind the proposal and i guess its just a sign of the times that measures like this are necessary
"

Yet another reason i wish england would calm the fuck down (and the uk in general)  - every day more useless bullshit like this appears that makes living here so damn hard - and none of it makes any damn sense.

"lol and I though the Patriot Act was bad but England brings it to a new level"

Natural rights don't exist. :(

"thanatos990 said:

"lol and I though the Patriot Act was bad but England brings it to a new level"

The Patriot Act is a violation of our constitutional rights, this does not violate any natural rights."