you ' re really cute Mod Merchant ! !<| sep |> Its not only the police that have access to your browsing history . Every government agency has access to them , including the Department for Work and Education , the taxman , even the bloody food standards agency can access the public records . All it takes is one of those seeing you regularly browse cannabis growing forums and sites and you are potentially screwed . Up until now I have always been of the opinion that they would only look at my stuff if they had a reason to . Now my internet history is open for any government official to see without a warrant or court order . Stuff like being out of work could lead to the DWP looking at your histroy to see if you have actually been looking for jobs and on job search sites , for example and stumble upon the fact one frequents MG . Still no sure how they will prove who does what , as 6 different people in my house use the same internet connection . I ultimately think it will be unworkable and scrapped pretty soon .