UK Government Surveillance
This cluster focuses on criticisms of the UK government's internet surveillance practices, laws like the Online Safety Act and Investigatory Powers Act, and ongoing privacy erosions through mass snooping and backdoor mandates.
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Try telling that to the UK government:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54423988
That is what the UK has been doing and is doing, along with most if not all Governments. One just has to take a look at UK's 2003 Communication Act. It can be selectively enforced against you if they do not like you.
This is in UK. The "but what about privacy?" argument has been lost there a long time ago, so they make do with what they have.
You mean this UK?"Two UK Broadband ISPs Trial New Internet Snooping System" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26430266"UK’s secret, ongoing mass surveillance rigorously frisked by watchdog (arstechnica.co.uk) 2016" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12060832<
Probably better for you guys that UK is out now, our government would have been salivating at the thought of spying on every citizen without repercussions
Something similar happened in the UK sometime ago, but it was mostly brushed off.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/10/no-10-request-...
Well in the UK they amended the law to exempt themselves: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/new...
The UK's doing it, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/04/uk_bulk_surveillance...
They didn'thttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/today-uk-parliament-un...
Hasn't UK just passed an outrageous snooping bill recently?