FC: UK "RIP Act" could result in massive surveillance, from BBC

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

From the Politech archives:

"UK proposal fails to make RIP act (even more) Draconian"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01861.html

"UK think tank criticizes government crypto-key safeguards"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-00962.html

"U.K. parliament approves RIP bill, businesses go offshore?"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01296.html

-Declan

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1500000/1500889.stm

By BBC News Online technology correspondent Mark Ward
Wednesday, 22 August, 2001, 07:39 GMT

Laws designed to catch computer criminals could result in a huge increase 
in the amount of covert surveillance carried out on British citizens by the 
police and intelligence services.
The controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act requires many 
companies providing communication services to install technology that 
allows up to one in 10,000 of their customers to be watched at the same time.
Experts and lobby groups fear that this requirement could drive a "tenfold" 
increase in the number of wiretaps and threaten the fundamental rights to 
privacy of many citizens.
[...]




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