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Government responded to the petition against UK new surveillance laws
- GordonS 10y ago> It protects both privacy and security I literally spit coffee all over my monitor when I read that, so thanks UK gov :/ > The Government is clear that, at a time of heightened security threat, it is essential Ah, because 'terrorists'. A tiny minority that these laws would never do anything to stop. Now it makes sense?!
- rubberstamp 10y agoI did expect some response along those lines, but this is utterly ridiculous. They say it protects privacy and security and essentially getting access to all your internet activities. What happened to get a warrant if law enforcement need to start monitoring on some one? I wonder what the debate would look like? It would probably be well rehearsed with all the appropriate dialogues which has the right amount of words "terrorists" and "pedophile" mixed with it and life made difficult to anyone who calls bullshit on these kind of intrusive laws.
- GordonS 10y ago>and life made difficult to anyone who calls bullshit on these kind of intrusive laws That started over a week ago. A spokewoman for the Home Office said this when asked about ordinary people circumventing logging by using a VPN: "Terrorists and serious criminals will always seek to avoid detection"[1] In that context, this is basically implying that anyone who values their privacy must be a terrorist or criminal. It scares me where we are going with this... [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38068078 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38068078
- mvip 10y agoRemember kids, if you want any otherwise bizarre law passed, take a note from GCHQ and NSA: use the words "terrorism" and "pedophiles" in the text as frequently as possible. Then it doesn't matter how bizarre the rest is.