I think that the UK have had that covered for a while, and no, the UK government did a lot of this in secret, and there is no legislation designed to protect sp

I think that the UK have had that covered for a while, and no, the UK government did a lot of this in secret, and there is no legislation designed to protect spying on its own citizens. In fact that's the main point, as well as spying on traffic coming across from the US into Europe: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encry... And the UK government lost in the European Courts (that kind of countercheck is going to disappear after Brexit): https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45510662 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45510662 But all they will do is make it more secret and deny everything.