Benscomputer.no-ip.org
Whilst I very much doubt that Mr Blairs eyes will even see it, i have sent him an email. You can do the same
from here. They do not of course
provide an email address for you to send to from the comfort of your Email Client, so you have to use the crappy
online form. However be aware that you will be sent a confirmation email to confirm that your email address is
real, the first time I clicked the link it failed so I had to send again. Which failed, so in the end I sent it
to the webmaster and asked them to forward it on, explaining of course why I had to do it that way.
Whether it does get passed on or not remains to be seen, but it is certainly on its way.
Letter Sent 19th November 2006
Dear sir/madam,
I realise the person reading this is highly unlikely to be Mr Blair, however I shall make my points anyway and I sincerely hope that the reader has the sense to forward the message on. I speak for many people when I say that I am more than a little unhappy with the way the government has behaving lately. When the news covered the changes on duty for beer I was incredibly suprised and dissapointed that a member of our government could be so shallow and greedy as to use a serious condition such as binge drinking for the gain fo the government. Surely an educated man should be aware that true binge drinking is not diagnosed until the patient has been drinking for 2 days straight? Suggesting that 5 pints in a night is binge drinking is morally wrong. It will lead to people believing that binge drinking in fact is not a major threat to our health. I have similar issue with many of the governments actions, the proposed action to put black boxes into cars is one that I cannot condone. We are already one of the only countries in the world that pay both road tax and a higher rate of tax on fuel, enough is enough. I certainly will not be having one fitted on my vehicle! You probably receive a lot of emails about the Iraq war so I am only going to touch upon that, I believe it was wrong and that Mr Blair lied to our nation, however whats done is done and I am more concerned with stopping more wrongs from being done.
I am sure that you are well aware as to the extent of the contraversy surrounding national ID cards, I strongly believe it impunes civil liberties and will do no good. I work in an Off-Licence and so regularly encounter people who hassle me because they have no ID, but despite this I believe the National ID card will do more harm than good. Moreover charging £90 per card is absolutely rediculous, if the government wishes them to be compulsory then they should be issued for free, much like the National Insurance card. This system, as I believe even Microsoft have commented, will only open people more to the risk of identity theft.
I would also be very interested to know the governments response to the fact that the 'secure' biometric passports have already been cracked through a large security failure? Any idiot knows not to print the authorisation keys onto the media, it should be a random number and not D.O.B, passport number and date issued! I hope that the government are going to take steps to recover from this oversight.
You may be interested to read my website at http://benscomputer.no-ip.org I can tell you that the government has not been seen in a good light, and until its ministers start acting in a way that befits their position it is likely to stay that way. I have always said that no matter how well intentioned an action, it's intentions are worthless if it is not implemented properly. This is the case with the latest amendment to the Computer Misuse Act, whilst I do not doubt there were good intentions behind the creation of this amendment, the wording is so vague that the law in fact becomes open to exploit. It never ceases to amaze me how readily parliament will pass a law related to computers with aparrantly no understanding of the subject matter. I refer to the proposed ruling that Network security tools, and technolofies that could be used to gain unauthorised access to a network be banned. Surely the government must realise that the hackers and crackers will use the tools anyway, and that all the law does is strip sysadmins of their defensive tools? Not to mention once gain how vaguely worded that amendment was.
Another point I would also like to make, is one that many have made to me and I wholeheartedly agree. The government is slowly but surely turning its population into criminals, there are now so many laws that no-one quite knows what is legal and what is not. Ignorance may not be a defence in the eyes of the law, but is undoubtedly a cause for many of the smaller crimes. Because people feel that the law is now too complex, they are far more likely to commit criminal acts, 30 years ago you would not dream of rolling past a red light, nowadays I see people do it every day. How can the government expect people to abide by the law if we have no way of knowing exactly what is legal and what isn't? In conclusion I would like to say that currently I feel the government is not doing what it should, and I feel very depressed at the fact that whilst I cannot wait to be shot of you, there is no party that I particularly want in power. I will however be continuing to express my feelings on the matter both to people I meet and thorugh my website. I sincerely hope that one day the people of Britain will get the government that they deserve
Yours sincerely
Ben Tasker
Whether it does get passed on or not remains to be seen, but it is certainly on its way.
Letter Sent 19th November 2006
Dear sir/madam,
I realise the person reading this is highly unlikely to be Mr Blair, however I shall make my points anyway and I sincerely hope that the reader has the sense to forward the message on. I speak for many people when I say that I am more than a little unhappy with the way the government has behaving lately. When the news covered the changes on duty for beer I was incredibly suprised and dissapointed that a member of our government could be so shallow and greedy as to use a serious condition such as binge drinking for the gain fo the government. Surely an educated man should be aware that true binge drinking is not diagnosed until the patient has been drinking for 2 days straight? Suggesting that 5 pints in a night is binge drinking is morally wrong. It will lead to people believing that binge drinking in fact is not a major threat to our health. I have similar issue with many of the governments actions, the proposed action to put black boxes into cars is one that I cannot condone. We are already one of the only countries in the world that pay both road tax and a higher rate of tax on fuel, enough is enough. I certainly will not be having one fitted on my vehicle! You probably receive a lot of emails about the Iraq war so I am only going to touch upon that, I believe it was wrong and that Mr Blair lied to our nation, however whats done is done and I am more concerned with stopping more wrongs from being done.
I am sure that you are well aware as to the extent of the contraversy surrounding national ID cards, I strongly believe it impunes civil liberties and will do no good. I work in an Off-Licence and so regularly encounter people who hassle me because they have no ID, but despite this I believe the National ID card will do more harm than good. Moreover charging £90 per card is absolutely rediculous, if the government wishes them to be compulsory then they should be issued for free, much like the National Insurance card. This system, as I believe even Microsoft have commented, will only open people more to the risk of identity theft.
I would also be very interested to know the governments response to the fact that the 'secure' biometric passports have already been cracked through a large security failure? Any idiot knows not to print the authorisation keys onto the media, it should be a random number and not D.O.B, passport number and date issued! I hope that the government are going to take steps to recover from this oversight.
You may be interested to read my website at http://benscomputer.no-ip.org I can tell you that the government has not been seen in a good light, and until its ministers start acting in a way that befits their position it is likely to stay that way. I have always said that no matter how well intentioned an action, it's intentions are worthless if it is not implemented properly. This is the case with the latest amendment to the Computer Misuse Act, whilst I do not doubt there were good intentions behind the creation of this amendment, the wording is so vague that the law in fact becomes open to exploit. It never ceases to amaze me how readily parliament will pass a law related to computers with aparrantly no understanding of the subject matter. I refer to the proposed ruling that Network security tools, and technolofies that could be used to gain unauthorised access to a network be banned. Surely the government must realise that the hackers and crackers will use the tools anyway, and that all the law does is strip sysadmins of their defensive tools? Not to mention once gain how vaguely worded that amendment was.
Another point I would also like to make, is one that many have made to me and I wholeheartedly agree. The government is slowly but surely turning its population into criminals, there are now so many laws that no-one quite knows what is legal and what is not. Ignorance may not be a defence in the eyes of the law, but is undoubtedly a cause for many of the smaller crimes. Because people feel that the law is now too complex, they are far more likely to commit criminal acts, 30 years ago you would not dream of rolling past a red light, nowadays I see people do it every day. How can the government expect people to abide by the law if we have no way of knowing exactly what is legal and what isn't? In conclusion I would like to say that currently I feel the government is not doing what it should, and I feel very depressed at the fact that whilst I cannot wait to be shot of you, there is no party that I particularly want in power. I will however be continuing to express my feelings on the matter both to people I meet and thorugh my website. I sincerely hope that one day the people of Britain will get the government that they deserve
Yours sincerely
Ben Tasker
