Police call for ban on anonymous pay-as-you-go phones

by Kestrel Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:15 am

Police inspectorate says ban would help combat county lines drug operations...which translates as 'bullsh*t', this is just the excuse drafted out to further escalate the surveillance state.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/10/police-call-for-ban-on-anonymous-pay-as-you-go-phones

NOTE: To useful idiots who monitor sites such as these - domestic terrorists (the police)....we are not all stupid & gullable & you don't like that do you!

by midnight Sat Jan 11, 2020 1:43 am

I thought that it was Blackberry phones that the police did not like as these devices encrypt there messages. That was the reason the police were giving during the last riot's. Still it sounds like a very poor idea as all that the county line gangs will do is to obtain their sim cards from abroad and also have them topped up abroad. Smile

. Strategic thinking and planning is way beyond the police.

by **daveiron** Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:08 am

No, thats only the excuse they are using .The state cannot allow anyone to be anonymous,otherwise
they will not get their police state which is their next goal.

by **Mrblue2015** Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:18 am

Would be interested to see how they deal with travellers etc...

by **LionsShare** Sat Jan 11, 2020 1:19 pm

Mrblue wrote:Would be interested to see how they deal with travellers etc...

Possibly the smae way they do for car insurance - however that's done

by midnight Sat Jan 11, 2020 1:40 pm

daveiron wrote:No, thats only the excuse they are using .The state cannot allow anyone to be anonymous,otherwise
they will not get their police state which is their next goal.

Exactly right and spot on. Smile

by **assassin** Sun Jan 12, 2020 3:57 am

Its also another way of getting people onto monthly contracts which means companies profit.

Will it stop it? no, many of these phones are bought in from abroad as unlocked phones and will accept any SIM card so like booze and fags it will create another black market for smuggled phones complete with SIM cards from European countries with free roaming around Europe.

by Tom Bombadil Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:57 pm

You wrote; "I thought that it was Blackberry phones that the police did not like as these devices encrypt there messages. That was the reason the police were giving during the last riot's. Still it sounds like a very poor idea as all that the county line gangs will do is to obtain their sim cards from abroad and also have them topped up abroad. . Strategic thinking and planning is way beyond the police."

If my memory serves me, you might also remember that a few months or weeks after that announcement there was a spate of 'phone blackouts' that caused the service to go down?
In my view this was to install new hardware and software onto the blackberry's that enabled deciphering of encrypted messages. We weren't told this of course and there was nothing to see...move along....move along!

by midnight Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:05 am

Hi Tom, I don't recall the phone blackouts, but I would not be surprised by that. The fact is that the police clearly wish to know who, what, when and how about anything and that means full control of everything and everybody no matter who. I'm not sure if it's a government thing or if it's a police thing or if it's both, but it is clearly evident. I find it very hard not to laugh my ar*e off when I see reports on the news that our gang of police are in another country where abuses have been taking place so that they can train the police in that country and to teach them all about policing properly without the abuse. You just couldn't make that up and on top of that it's all funded by us mugs. Very Happy

by Tom Bombadil Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:21 pm

I'll look for those blackouts this week to make sure that I am not mixing my conspiracies lol.

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