With permission from the guy who posted this on BT Beta and apologies if it has surfaced here before - there is a
Wikipedia article here about the introduction of exchange telephone equipment which was introduced to solve the problem of telephone operators listening in to conversations (Father Ted comes to mind!).
The irony is that we now have some more equipment introduced into the heart of the modern equivalent - the internet exchange (RAS?) designed to reverse the effects of that original invention - to enable a man in the middle once again to intercept and monitor communications.
Might be an example worth using to REphorm the UNinphormed and DEphormed.
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Originally Posted by Portly_Giraffe
I agree. He has chosen the wrong analogy. I would expect my unencrypted Internet communications to be as secure as a postal letter. To view the contents of a letter you have to open it, which is illegal (except under very specific conditions) if you are a third party.
So ... who is volunteering to persuade Lord West to alter his position?
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I think Baroness Miller and Lord Northesk have been doing quite a good job in that direction, after taking the trouble to get herself REphormed and balance the Phorm PR with information from the people at the AGM demo.
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Originally Posted by Wildie
did they cover that in yes minister how to do the survey to get the results you want and not what the poeple want?
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Just about EVERYTHING in politics is covered in Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister. I re-read them every two or three years just to stay alert!