bit late
As a society here in the UK we have become used to the creeping surveillance of our every move by the all powerful state apparatus: that a government should have the temerity to say "if you've nothing to hide, you've nothing to fear" is not a statement of policy nor of expectation but of the current UK governments insistence that our right to a private life as enshrined in the European Human Rights Convention is being ridden roughshod over.

But what to do? One can't destroy the surveillance equipment; this would lead to prosecution for criminal damage.

Equally, whilst compulsion is the least attractive option its happening by the backdoor - at any time on the street in London, I'd expect to be visible to 2-3 cameras, which from a purely mental health perspective does nothing for my paranoid delusions.

So for those of us in the UK: live off the grid but I know that this is easier said than done - I can't - but I pay for most things in cash, don't have credit cards (any more...) and am careful to give slightly differing days to anyone who wants it.

Examples of this might be British Gas who believe wrongly that they are supplying someone called Edward; BT believe they supply a chap called Edwrd.

For each record the various suppliers have multiple records meaning that an assessment is too much work.

But,as we are doing UK society are sleepwalking into the nightmare of over surveillance.

/rant
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 8:27, 2 replies)

The name change is a good ploy
I use it to trick where junk mail comes from.

If I ever have to write a name on something I make subtle differences and wait to see what comes back in the post.
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 10:33, closed)

Yawn
Boring
(The Marsh man of 1004 holds, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 12:13, closed)