UK police to get powers to check public's web browsing history

[super jumbe]

The government's new surveillance bill plans to give police the power to access the web browsing history of anyone in the UK. Under the proposal, telecoms and internet service providers will be legally required to retain their customers' web browsing history for a period of 12 months that enforcement agencies can then use in their investigations.

The communication firms will be paid to log their customers' emails, internet use and other correspondence so that they can be easily searched by security officials, namely the police, the National Crime Agency, the intelligence agencies and even the HM Revenue and Customs.

The proposal will allow the police to seize details of the website and access specific web addresses visited by anyone. However, they will need to get judicial approval to access the content of the websites. The bill is set to be introduced by Home Secretary Theresa May in the House of Commons on Wednesday (4 November).

"I've said many times before that it is not possible to debate the balance between privacy and security, including the rights and wrongs of intrusive powers and the oversight arrangements that govern them without also considering the threats that we face as a country," May was quoted as saying by The Telegraph.

"Those threats remain considerable and they are evolving. They include not just terrorism from overseas and home-grown in the UK, but also industrial, military and state espionage. They include not just organised criminality, but also the proliferation of once physical crimes online, such as child sexual exploitation. And the technological challenges that that brings. In the face of such threats we have a duty to ensure that the agencies whose job it is to keep us safe have the powers they need to do the job," she said.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-police-powers-check-publics-050757278.html#c7z4Vh3

[ifred]

Love them to monitor and store meaty's and a few others on here web browsing ...I give them a week before they ask for a repeal of the law
Indicate the level of understanding the govt have about technology. The worse thing is they claim they know how to run the country

[rds60h]

Love them to monitor and store meaty's and a few others on here web browsing ...I give them a week before they ask for a repeal of the law
Indicate the level of understanding the govt have about technology. The worse thing is they claim they know how to run the country

Totally agree, as for "know how to run the country" I think they would have trouble running a ~~~~ing tap !

[Meat-Head]

Well that's intresting, just because somebody been looking at new cars, don't mean they are going to buy one with laundered money.

just because somebody spends hours on heavy-r watching people getting
turned into dead one, don't mean they are going to do that.

just because somebody watches fatal car crashes on YouTube don't mean they will .

BUT if a DK member LEECHES from INFERIOR websites using a fake ID, so what.

if the naughty ppl go to libary and write down the information its wasted time as it don't exsist.


was a case of mistaken identity and microshtie went into somebody's hotmail account, then big boo-har about it

[GastonJ]

All they will do is drive more people into using Tor for browsing, pgp for encrypting email and other technologies that encrypt voice and chat. Then they'll have to pass laws to make encryption illegal, bunch of cking losers. They should be targeting those that they suspect, not mass collection, which is doomed to failure. Just because it's a technology they don't understand and can't control

[Meat-Head]

True gaston but the fuzz have to start somewhere

[ifred]

gaston is on their list now

[gmb45]

talking of tor..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34677323

[Johnner]

Think Meaty should set up his own browsing and messaging service.Could be called MOR.

Would make a packet out of it,as the decryption technology doesn't exist yet.

[ifred]

I think meaty service should be called pour .....he like to leave the tap on all the time

[super jumbe]

I think meaty service should be called pour .....he like to leave the tap on all the time

Now wonder the public are morning about water presher down in Meatheadshire with kalipo not willing to pay any bills the future is orange....

[Mjolinor]

True gaston but the fuzz have to start somewhere

Most of them should start back at the beginning at Nursery and if they still have difficulty understanding stuff then they should enlist special help for the less gifted.

[super jumbe]

True gaston but the fuzz have to start somewhere

Not when you are running virtual windows nothing to find because nothing is saved…back to drawing board…

[GastonJ]

Not when you are running virtual windows nothing to find because nothing is saved…back to drawing board…

Did you buy your Windows from Safestyle?

[Meat-Head]

Did you buy your Windows from Safestyle?

They gone bust or something?

Does go the other way if sonebody accused of Tweeting without due care and attention, yet proved to be on heavy-r or dk, worth it, but chances are not