15 Oct 2008

Great boost for “transformational” ring of data soup

Sir Bonar Neville-Kingdom writes:

I see a report in the news media today to the effect that Jacqui Smith will press ahead with proposals to collect more details about people’s phone, email and web-browsing habits.

As we all know, the terrorist threat to Britain is growing. There are also measurable increases in other threats such as the taking of drugs and various forms of environmental delinquency.

The Independent newspaper says this

will be included as a way of combating terrorism in the Data Communications Bill, which is to be introduced in the Queen’s Speech in December. Ministers are known to be considering the creation of a single database holding all the information, which would include phone numbers dialled and addresses to which emails are sent but not details of phone conversations or the contents of emails.

I must say, as Technology Outreach Czar and Permanent Secretary at Large with cross-departmental responsibility for the “ring of soup” data sharing service that I think this is a splendid idea.

It will allow us to provide personalised services to every member of society. It will provide a clear picture of people’s entitlements and how they are discharging their responsibilities.

At the same time, without further investment, it will interdict the activities of terrorists and paedophiles, and stop people from taking drugs. It will restore the computational balance in society, and with it respect for the role of government.

If we can afford £2,000,000,000,000 merely to prop up a few banks so teenage scribblers get their bonuses I’m sure we can manage a far more modest £6-8,000,000,000 to create a safe society with decent pensions for the public servants who made it possible.

This is the physical location of the proposed “ring of soup”. The data will be sent around the installation in opposite directions on a series of wires, as it were. This enables us to “match” aspects of information, using a process called “data fusion”. This will tell us for example who is taking what sort of drugs.

 
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