The UK is now building a national system to allow police to access and inspect people's internet history
In 2016, the government passed the Investigatory Powers Act, also known as the Snooper's Charter
The law says telecoms companies can be made to collection people's 'internet connection records' and store them for up to a year
Internet connection records are essentially the websites you visit, but not the individual pages upon them
For the last few months, the UK has been creating a 'national' system that will allow law enforcement to access and 'filter' internet connection records
An initial police trial of the records has found “significant operational benefit”
@johnnyd_cm@junesim63@mattburgess You may have nothing to hide from this government - are you sure you'll have nothing to hide from a future government?
❝La Direction du renseignement de la préfecture de police confirme alors qu'il s'agissait d'une balise destinée à surveiller le véhicule de l'homme fiché S. Les gardes à vue des trois hommes ont été levées pour absence d'infraction.❞
The decision by the European Parliament to ban AI systems of biometric mass surveillance in public spaces is welcome. It should be reflected in the UK.
We must protect civil liberties from the encroachment of the state that’s leading us down the road of predictive policing.
Neighborhood Watch Out: Cops Are Incorporating Private Cameras Into Their Real-Time #Surveillance Networks
expands police access to personal info collected by private cameras that would otherwise require warrants & community conversation. Because these #cameras are privately owned, police can enjoy their use without having to create & follow records retention & deletion policies.
@neil While this is true, I would be frankly surprised if there isn't a policy to give every consumer ISP one of these orders. After all, if it's necessary and proportionate for one, it will be for all.
@ilumium FWIW, they only seem to put ads in between email headers in the inbox list view. I haven't used gmail in several years, but hopefully an ad blocker will take care of those.
I sincerely don't hope anybody uses Google services without a bunch of browser plugins to secure their privacy...