[FYI] (Fwd) FC: UK "RIP Act" could result in massive surveillance, f

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Thu, 23 Aug 2001 10:11:03 -0600
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From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: UK "RIP Act" could result in massive surveillance, from BBC
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 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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