The scariest image on the web this year, this decade, ever?

Harriet Harman exposed?



Thanks(?) to Big Brother Watch for the spot.



As Grazia ask "Does my bum look big in this body scan?"

Another money-making invasion of privacy (update)

Further to this story about the company that had created a database of a large proportion of UK mobile phone numbers and will allow people to search this database, albeit via an operator, and ask to be put through to a number. As I said at the time,

"the fact that operators will find and dial the target's number and ask whether they are prepared to receive the call does not inspire me with confidence. How do I make my mobile number ex-directory?"

I found a link to unsubscribe from 118800's service BUT the facility to remove my mobile number is unavailable, as is the 118800 mobile telephone directory service... Apparently

"Service suspended whilst we make improvements

The 118 800 service for mobile phone connections is currently unavailable - from this website and by phone - whilst we undertake major developments to our 'Beta Service' to improve the experience for our customers. We'll be back as soon as possible with the new improved service.

All ex-directory requests made by people in our directory to date are being processed. There will be no need to resend these requests. And we will take further ex-directory requests when the service resumes. We will not be taking ex-directory requests by phone or text whilst the service is not operational.

Please do not call us on 118 800 for anything other than landline directory enquiry requests as you will be charged for the call.

For other enquiries email us at contact@118800.co.uk or write to us at 118 800, PO Box 2747, Reading RG30 4ZQ

Sorry for any inconvenience caused. "

I presume that they had rather a lot of ex-directory requests and are now re-evaluating the service. I wonder what the "improvements" will be; hopefully a non-continuation of the service.

Another money-making invasion of privacy

This time not the Labour government but free enterprise that has built a database of a large proportion of UK mobile phone numbers and will allow people to search this database, albeit via an operator, and ask to be put through to a number. The fact that operators will find and dial the target's number and ask whether they are prepared to receive the call does not inspire me with confidence. How do I make my mobile number ex-directory?

What are they recording?

There seems to be some confusion as to whether ISPs are recording all web page accesses for possible government (and third party interrogation) or not. This confusion certainly existed at the BBC yesterday as the article devoted to this story went through quite a few changes before this sentence was added at 16:02:52:

"Please note, in an earlier version of this story we incorrectly stated that ISPs would be storing details of website visits. This is not the case. "

So what, definitively, is the case?