Joint Briefing on the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill | A BORING TITLE FOR A TERRIFYING BLOG POST …
…that details the UK Government’s plans to armtwist software providers into not fixing security bugs, plus obligate changes to enable surveillance. The current state of affairs is that the amendment: (quote:)
weakens safeguards when intelligence services collect bulk datasets of personal information, potentially allowing them to harvest millions of facial images and social media data;
expressly permits the harvesting and processing of internet connection records for generalised, massive surveillance;
expands the range of politicians who can authorise the surveillance of parliamentarians;
would force technology companies, including those based overseas, to inform the government of any plans to improve security or privacy measures on their platforms so that the government can consider serving a notice to prevent such changes – effectively transforming private companies into arms of the surveillance state and eroding the security of devices and the internet.READ THIS AND TELL OTHER PEOPLE
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/joint-briefing-on-the-investigatory-powers-amendment-bill/
https://alecmuffett.com/article/108967
#investigatoryPowersAct #regulation #surveillance
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