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Theresa May's Internet Spy Powers Bill 'Confusing', Say MPs

posted by martyb on Monday February 08 2016, @06:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the ISP-is-now-a-recursive-acronym dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The home secretary's plan to force internet service providers to store everyone's internet activity is vague and confusing, says a committee of MPs.

Police and security services will be able to see names of sites visited in the past year without a warrant, under the draft Investigatory Powers Bill.

The science and technology Committee says its requirements are confusing, and firms fear a rise in hacking.

The Home Office said it would study the report's findings.

When she announced the draft bill last year, Theresa May stressed that the authorities would not be able to see individual web pages visited, just basic data, such as domain names like bbc.co.uk or facebook.com.

The information would, of course, only be used for 'official purposes'.

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  • (Score: 1) by anubi on Monday February 08 2016, @07:21AM

    by anubi (2828) on Monday February 08 2016, @07:21AM (#300470) Journal

    I believe what we have here is a Tantalus Field [wikia.com]. Used for the same purpose.

    The problem we have here is the situation is AFTER Spock ( populace ) has knowledge of the device.... now, given the Captain might use this device, does anyone trust the captain?

    This just leads to a witch hunt. [wikia.com].

    I know... two Star Trek reverances ( pun intended ) in the same post. That is one thing I believe Gene Roddenberry was extremely good at - bringing up the human condition and showing it for what it was - all with a science fiction backdrop to keep name-calling to individuals out of the picture.

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    "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]