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The UK government will tomorrow publish draft legislation to regulate the use of encryption [rhttp] and require ISPs to log which websites their customers visit for a year [theguardian.com]. The government has previously expressed irritation at the idea of some communications being out of government reach. There is an (inevitably toothless) petition [parliament.uk]. The silver lining is perhaps that the government still cannot comprehend that not all secure communications involve a communications provider. [www.revk.uk] The government appears to be using the door in the face technique [wikipedia.org], making the bill as over the top as possible so they can appear to compromise later.

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