MP Written to (Score 1)

Dear My MP, I read with horror this week (http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article3965033.ece) about the plans for the home office to keep a massive government database holding details of every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public is being planned as part of the fight against crime and terrorism. How is this actually going to help? As a technical professional I know that the moment these plans are announced the people that want to keep secrets are going to turn to encryption, dark nets and tor (anonymous emails) so in effect all you will end up with is a large database of law abiding citizens data. How is this good use of taxpayers money or going to help in the fight against terrorism or crime? I suspect this is just another element of the incumbent administrations need to control us and knee jerk thinking. I am not happy. Yours sincerely,