Poll: Investigatory Powers Bill or "Snoopers' Charter" has been approved

[thebennyboy]

Extensive new powers to intercept and store communications data have been approved as Theresa May told MPs that privacy is "hardwired" into the new rules.

The Investigatory Powers Bill, dubbed the Snoopers' Charter, was passed by 266 votes in the House of Commons after Labour and the SNP backed down and abstained rather than voting against.

But Ms May faced criticism from her own MPs over concerns that the bill is ill-defined and allows too many organisations too much access to sensitive data.

Ken Clarke, a former Home Secretary and Dominic Grieve, the ex-Attorney General, both backed the measures but warned changes must be made at a later stage to ensure privacy is protected.

Both Labour and the Scottish National Party abstained from the vote despite expressing concerns that security services will be able to access sensitive internet records on the basis of ill-defined criteria.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...e-investigatory-powers-bill-live-updates.html

Shameful that Labour and the SNP abstained, sad times.

 

[Christmas themed thank]

I don't quite know how I feel about this.

One part of me thinks it is good to maintain security of this country and the same part of me thinks "if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear".

The other part of me hates being watched and would like some privacy from time to time.

 

[Mynight]

Well what a shocker.

I look forward to the token victories they catch and then parade to show what a good idea it was.

 

[Tummy]

1984 .

 

[JBod]

We need to fight back with just noise.

Everyone upload videos of them selves wacking off....

 

[SonniLombardi]

Privacy isn't a thing anymore. You are not allowed to keep anything hidden, we're doomed.

Time to fall off the grid.

 

[Dis86]

Nice to see that the SNP have completely capitulated again. How anyone could have believed they were right to lead an entire country is beyond me.

 

[adolf hamster]

Well, time to stop planning my terror attacks on the internet, better just use coded letters and secret meetings instead

hi mr policeman, just to clarify i am in fact joking, so no smashing down doors plz

 

[Mynight]

Well, time to stop planning my terror attacks on the internet, better just use coded letters and secret meetings instead

hi mr policeman, just to clarify i am in fact joking, so no smashing down doors plz

Carry on just do it like the rest of them that won't be caught by such sweeping powers.

 

[scorza]

1984 .

Again? Fantastic. Hope my old "Frankie Says Relax" T-Shirt still fits me.

 

[Raymond Lin]

They are going to do it with or without the legislation anyway.

/cynic.

 

[Hades]

I'm reverting to convert comms via green spa bag dead letter drop.

 

[adolf hamster]

Carry on just do it like the rest of them that won't be caught by such sweeping powers.

At the moment, but i can see this sort of thing getting very automated very fast sadly.

Ahh well, they wont be able to take our freedom completely, eventually the general public will become aware enough to care, hopefully that happens before a bloody revolution is required to acquire the nessecary change.

 

[doodah]

Shame on you Labour, you earn that opposition paycheck (like Tyreese).

 

[Vulcan]

Ken Clarke, a former Home Secretary and Dominic Grieve, the ex-Attorney General, both backed the measures but warned changes must be made at a later stage to ensure privacy is protected.

Right, vote it in then ask for changes to happen later on, that's going to happen.

 

[Mynight]

How can you protect privacy by invading it?

 

[Caged]

Where's our opposition

 

[oldbag]

So it's VPN time then?

 

[Mynight]

Isn't it sad you have to pay to slightly protect your privacy whilst simultaneously reducing your ease of use.

Where's our opposition

Busy doing nothing.

Or maybe they're like my local council and are writing a newsletter about their success in making sure a local housing development (which they said they'd block) washes the wheels on its trucks to make sure no mud ends up on the road (it's very muddy).

 

[Caged]

I'm amazed that a party that pins all their hopes on the financial sector in London and really hope that a decent tech startup will emerge from Old Street one day doesn't see an issue with this sort of legislation.

Regardless, I expect it to be broadly ignored - applies to ISPs above 10,000 subscribers? How long until people are paying their bills to Andrews & Arnold 01 Ltd, Andrews & Arnold 02 Ltd etc.