UK Switches Off £235M Child Database

wdef writes "The UK's controversial ContactPoint database has actually been switched off! It's rare that we hear anything this sensible from government about an expensive, privacy-destroying, 'think of the children' solution: 'The government argued the system was disproportionate to the problem, so is looking at developing other solutions.' Perhaps the UK coalition government really is winding back Big Brother, as they had promised to do? Does seem unlikely."

Re:Think of the children

[funkatron]

Dont worry, the world will sort itself out once the baby boomers start dying.

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[Anonymous Coward]

From http://www.bash.org/?920525 [bash.org]:

<jaffa> think of the children!
<bobf> oh gimme a break, I've spent *hours* today thinking of the children, my wrist is too sore to do it any longer