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The BBC has a story about government plant to introduce a new law to allow real-time snooping of British Internet users' activity.
The law would demand a very minimal level of judicial oversight (a judge appointed by the Prime Minister) and the approval of politicians (secretaries of state) so the protection against politically-motivated abuse is effectively nil.
Furthermore, the law will effectively require that backdoors be built into encryption protocols to permit the reading of data on demand.
The news has not been widely publicised by the government, and most people are occupied with Brexit at the moment, so it has not been very well noticed.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08 2017, @01:19AM (1 child)
they must be dealt with now before it's too late. they are building a system of total control and domination with your money. you have to attack now while you still can. yea, take your bats and sticks and attack!
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Monday May 08 2017, @08:38AM
Is this a dig at the UK's gun-control success?
Because widespread guns are doing a great job keeping things sane across the pond, right?