In uk.rec.cycling David Hansen wrote:

: The Home Office came up with a way of oppressing people, called RIP
: and pushed it through the Westminster rogues gallery.

Actually with my professional hat on for a bit, I like large chunks
of RIPA. The stuff about having to tell your users that all your IT staff
sit around all day drinking tea and reading their email (to pharaphrase
is good and sensible.

The trouble with RIPA is that the bad stuff (the gagging orders etc) is
very, very bad.

Arthur

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