Britain has passed the 'most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy'

From NNSquad email group:

Britain has passed the 'most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy'

http://www.zdnet.com/article/snoopers-charter-expansive-new-spying-powers-becomes-law/

The law will force internet providers to record every internet
customer's top-level web history in real-time for up to a
year, which can be accessed by numerous government
departments; force companies to decrypt data on demand --
though the government has never been that clear on exactly how
it forces foreign firms to do that that; and even disclose any
new security features in products before they launch. Not
only that, the law also gives the intelligence agencies the
power to hack into computers and devices of citizens (known as
equipment interference), although some protected professions
-- such as journalists and medical staff -- are layered with
marginally better protections.

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They're gonna have to outlaw VPNs, too. Good luck with that, guys.

--Lauren--"

So basically game over unless you have an overseas ISP?
or go with a VPN?

Martin

 

Wow, the government will be able to see that I spend a great deal of my time online watching Ladytron videos on YouTube and frequenting Wilders Security Forums. I expect a knock on the door from MI5 any minute.

 

Yes VPNs and/or Tor will have to be used by those that value their privacy. Good business opportunity for VPN providers.

 

The Aussie Gov are forcing all ISPs to store "metadata" for two years.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/o...w/news-story/28ea2dc1b01d15e53f474e21b6d68501

 

I am amazed that people still believe that they live in a "free" world... nobody is free, we are all "authorized" to do certain things, which is not freedom but an illusion to keep us in line.

With the growing threats from terrorism, people willingly surrender some of their privacy for more security...it is understandable and also debatable...but it is our world...

 

In the UK we are already 'observed' more than most countries, we have more CCTV than any other country - it is reckoned we each appear several hundred times a day on CCTV. We have Automatic number plate recognition cameras (ANPR) on bridges above motorways that logs every vehicle that passes. This new law is just an addition to all the other invasions of privacy we are subject to. But we cannot spend our lives constantly looking over our shoulders to see who is watching us. It's the way things are nowadays, whether that's to catch criminals or as some conspiracy theorists suggest part of the New World Order.
In either case 'they' will be mightily bored looking through my browsing history.