Something’s checking your broadband

Did you know that if you are connected to a BT exchange for your ADSL broadband, no matter whether you are paying BT for it or anyone else, you are being monitored 24/7. No? Didn’t think so. Neither did I. Actually for all I know it may happen with other broadband connections, I just happen to know it does happen with BT.

At this point you may well have an image of the interior of the Spooks office full of computers, monitoring you to make sure you’re not doing something very naughty. Incidentally have you noticed that they have computers which are so clever at image enhancement they can create pictures from something that isn’t actually there? I suppose that’s why it’s called image enhancement, for much the same reason that we use the term body enhancement. You start off with something that is barely there and end up with what any sane person would recognise as breaking the laws of physics, despite what Scottie used to say. Did you know the fa