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Investigatory Powers Bill finally passed by Parliament in the UK


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ISPs and phone companies will be forced to store records of all websites visited and all numbers called by every UK citizen in the previous 12 months. This will be accessible by the police and security services, with a warrant.

 

Security services will be allowed to bug computers and phones if they have a warrant.

 

Companies will be legally forced to bypass encryption in the aid of an investigation.

 

Security services will be allowed to collect and analyse bulk collections of communications data.

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Guest rasteri

Also warrants aren't required for a lot of things. The example the police gave is they could look through phone location records to find everyone who was near a crime scene at a certain time, then crossreference that with previous convictions, etc etc. That would previously have required a warrant for everyone whose phone records were accessed. It's just nightmarish.

 

Also Also, Labour supported this bill. Some fucking opposition.

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The full list of agencies that can now request a person's browsing history: -

 

Metropolitan police force

City of London police force

Police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996

Police Service of Scotland

Police Service of Northern Ireland

British Transport Police

Ministry of Defence Police

Royal Navy Police

Royal Military Police

Royal Air Force Police

Security Service

Secret Intelligence Service

GCHQ

Ministry of Defence

Department of Health

Home Office

Ministry of Justice

National Crime Agency

HM Revenue & Customs

Department for Transport

Department for Work and Pensions

NHS trusts and foundation trusts in England that provide ambulance services

Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service

Competition and Markets Authority

Criminal Cases Review Commission

Department for Communities in Northern Ireland

Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland

Department of Justice in Northern Ireland

Financial Conduct Authority

Fire and rescue authorities under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004

Food Standards Agency

Food Standards Scotland

Gambling Commission

Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority

Health and Safety Executive

Independent Police Complaints Commissioner

Information Commissioner

NHS Business Services Authority

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board

Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Regional Business Services Organisation

Office of Communications

Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Police Investigations and Review Commissioner

Scottish Ambulance Service Board

Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

Serious Fraud Office

Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/investigatory-powers-bill-act-snoopers-charter-browsing-history-what-does-it-mean-a7436251.html

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What is the best/cheap VPN these days?

 

I recently installed DotVPN but it slows my computer down so much it's painful just normal browsing.

 

Also, is it enough simply to install a browser VPN extension, or do you have to download VPN software for proper protection?

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Guest Psychedelic Schizophrenic

COME AND GET ME YOU GOVERMENT FUCKS, I'VE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE!!!

 

Like wise and if they want half my estate, the fuckers can have it on a postage stamp :((

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Politicians have exempted themselves from Britain's new wide-ranging spying laws.

 

The Investigatory Powers Act, which has just passed into law, brings some of the most extreme and invasive surveillance powers ever given to spies in a democratic state. But protections against those spying powers have been given to MPs.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/investigatory-powers-bill-a7447781.html

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EU court deals major blow to UK's controversial snooper's charter

 

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/eu-rules-against-snoopers-charter

 

The ruling in the judgment means that the court could trigger challenges against the the recently-passed Investigatory Powers Act. The widespread collection and retention of electronic communications allowed by the UK's Investigatory Powers Act is illegal, Europe's highest court has ruled, dealing a major blow to the government's so-called snooper's charter.

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