The attack on privacy does kind of make sense when your remember that it is a freaking monarchy with all the inhabitants being subjects. Probably well deserved

The attack on privacy does kind of make sense when your remember that it is a freaking monarchy with all the inhabitants being subjects. Probably well deserved to them if it was not contagious in Europe at the moment. That being said, the crazy thing about this law and the other ones similar is this: Under the terms of the legislation, recipients of such a notice are unable to discuss the matter publicly, even with customers affected by the order, unless granted permission by the Home Secretary They always justify everything saying that real world "procedures" should apply to the digital world. But, in most occidental countries, no one is allowed to search your home without you to be aware of it and present if you are capable to do so. Still, strangely, for digital data, the norm is that your data can be raped in your back, without you being aware about it or even in the capacity to challenge that. I really find that stunning that it is so widely accepted. The former german Stasi would probably have been proud of all the parlementaries in US, UK and Europe that allowed such things.