This is exactly the response to this tragedy that I was fearing in the UK. What the article fails to mention is that France passed their own sweeping surveillan

This is exactly the response to this tragedy that I was fearing in the UK. What the article fails to mention is that France passed their own sweeping surveillance law earlier this year [1], and it clearly failed to stop this attack from happening. That isn't to say that increased surveillance never aids in intercepting terrorism, but to sell it as a golden bullet is highly disingenuous. Now is precisely the wrong time to be making rash decisions and passing reactionary legislation which will have serious ramifications for privacy and cyber-security for years to come. [1] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/05/france-passes-new-surveillance-law-in-wake-of-charlie-hebdo-attack http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/05/france-passes-n...