Only 6%of UK citizens think the government has made a clear and compelling argument for the Draft Data Communications Bill,a survey has revealed. In contrast,71%of more than 1,800 adults polled said they do not trust that the data will be ...
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The UK government's decision to enable self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon to avoid extradition to face trial for breaking into US government and military computers could set a dangerous precedent. Home secretary Theresa May said in a ...
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UK citizens think the police should use digital communications technology such as social media to better connect with the population,claiming it would put them in a stronger position to fight crime. In the research carried out by ...
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The UK's Draft Data Communications Bill–aimed at making it easier for authorities to spy on electronic communications–will be useless and quite dangerous if enacted,says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. "It will force many ...
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is to announce the first suppliers in the government's identity assurance (IDA) scheme at the end of October. The IDA scheme is intended to provide UK citizens with a choice of providers to ...
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Police across Europe could soon find themselves monitoring Facebook,Google and Twitter for content related to terrorism. A leaked report about a"Clean IT"initiative by the European Union(EU)revealed the plan for police officers ...
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The US is collecting huge amounts of data on its citizens, according to former National Security Agency (NSA) official Bill Binney. While at the NSA, Binney led the development of secret software he now believes is being used to carry out ...
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has slammed as"technologically incompetent"the Draft Data Communications Bill,which will make it easier for security and police services to spy on e-mails,phone calls and internet activity of UK citizens. ...
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