I thought this might make a change from brexit, migrants, trump, thatcher etc etc.
It looks like it's finally happened, Labour tried it, the coalition sorta tried it, and now the Conservatives have finally managed it.
Investigatory Powers Act
Shortly we'll be about to have the most invasive Internet surveillance in the world launched upon us. Not to mention the security risk posed by ISP storing all that data, remember the Talk Talk data breach?
The Ashley Madison data breach?
How happy are you to have the ISP's store your data for 12 months so that the following people can access it - all without a warrant.
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Metropolitan police force
City of London police force
Police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996
Police Service of Scotland
Police Service of Northern Ireland
British Transport Police
Ministry of Defence Police
Royal Navy Police
Royal Military Police
Royal Air Force Police
Security Service
Secret Intelligence Service
GCHQ
Ministry of Defence
Department of Health
Home Office
Ministry of Justice
National Crime Agency
HM Revenue & Customs
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
NHS trusts and foundation trusts in England that provide ambulance services
Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
Competition and Markets Authority
Criminal Cases Review Commission
Department for Communities in Northern Ireland
Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland
Department of Justice in Northern Ireland
Financial Conduct Authority
Fire and rescue authorities under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
Food Standards Agency
Food Standards Scotland
Gambling Commission
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
Health and Safety Executive
Independent Police Complaints Commissioner
Information Commissioner
NHS Business Services Authority
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board
Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Regional Business Services Organisation
Office of Communications
Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Police Investigations and Review Commissioner
Scottish Ambulance Service Board
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
Serious Fraud Office
Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust
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Quite big isn't it.
Yes I know, 'nothing to hide nothing to fear' yada yada
Not so funny though when some hacktivist hacks your ISP and there's all that yummy data just sat there.
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There are thnigs people can do if they feel that perhaps a smidgen of privacy might be rather nice.
This article is quite useful.
https://www.theguardian.com/technol....nment-snoopers
and this showing the torrentfreak vpn review 2016
https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-anonymous-review-160220/
It would be nice to know other members feelings on this, and perhaps any VPNs etc they may recommend.
Remember - whilst the ISP's only keep your data for 12 months, Government agencies who scrape that data can potentially keep it forever.
In that case, whilst perhaps this government may well be ok in that regard, what about the next one, or the one after?
We all saw what happened when Councils got access to people via the RIPA act, the potential for misuse is massive.
Food for thought.