Who wants to spy on you - Theresa May

[megilleland]

The Independent today:

Investigatory Powers Bill: Theresa May accused of rushing snoopers' charter into law to avoid scrutiny

 

Theresa May has been accused of trying to rush through controversial new surveillance laws before the EU referendum campaign, after it emerged that a new “snoopers’ charter†will be introduced in the Commons this week.

 

The Home Secretary’s draft Bill – giving spy agencies sweeping powers to monitor people’s web history – was attacked in a series of parliamentary reports earlier this month, sparking calls for it to be entirely rewritten. 

 

A joint committee of MPs and peers has claimed that Mrs May’s proposed overhaul of spying laws was “flawed†and set out 86 proposed changes. However, Mrs May will formally bring forward the Government’s Investigatory Powers Bill on 1 March.

 

The Bill is the Government’s second attempt at creating new digital surveillance powers for the security services. The first – the original “snoopers’ charter†– was dropped after Nick Clegg vetoed its introduction in 2013 over privacy fears.

 

So who is going to spy on the government and will they be selling our web history to anyone including the FBI?

[ghost]

 

The Independent today:

 

 

So who is going to spy on the government and will they be selling our web history to anyone including the FBI?

 

We'll end up paying extra to the ISPs to pay for the privilege too. Who will safeguard our data once it's recorded? 

[lpusseycat]

The data once recorded will be vetted by psychological experts to determine if you are a threat to national security . then ask the question what is national security is it radicalisation terrorists spies or the public reading about something they do not want you to know about?

[Roger]

The data once recorded will be vetted by psychological experts to determine if you are a threat to national security .

 

A 15 year old boy was recently reported to the Police by his school for viewing 'politically incorrect websites, indicating extremist views'. He'd been looking at a UKIP website. So the authorities are already investigating people who might not be thinking in a way that fits in with the total mainstream. 

 

Independent

[megilleland]

Brian Gerrish from UK Column News has interviewed the father of the boy who was viewing "politically incorrect websites" It does look like the state has an agenda of snooping on us.

 

Interview starts at 6:55 and ends at 29:00 on programme that went out on 29th February 2016.

[Roger]

 

Brian Gerrish from UK Column News has interviewed the father of the boy who was viewing "politically incorrect websites"

 

I'm no fan of his style of trying to find a scandal under any establishment stone he may stumble across but I'd defend his right to say what he does. He needs to sort his tie out from today's transmission tho .... 

[megilleland]

Well here we are 9 months down the road.

 

The Independent - 17th November 2016

 

Investigatory Powers Bill: ‘Snoopers Charter 2’ to pass into law, giving Government sweeping spying powers

 

The bill will force internet companies to store their users’ browsing data for a year, and will allow the government to force phone makers to hack into people’s handsets

 

The House of Lords has passed the Investigatory Powers Bill, putting the huge spying powers on their way to becoming law within weeks. The bill – which forces internet companies to keep records on their users for up to a year, and allows the Government to force companies to hack into or break things they’ve sold so they can be spied on – has been fought against by privacy campaigners and technology companies including Apple and Twitter.

 

But the Government has worked to continue to pass the bill, despite objections from those companies that the legislation is not possible to enforce and would make customers unsafe. The House of Lords’s agreement to the text now means that it just awaits Royal Assent, at which point it will become law.

 

The full list of agencies that can now ask for UK citizen's browsing history, which is laid out in Schedule 4 of the bill and was collected by Chris Yiu, is below:

 

Metropolitan police force

City of London police force

Police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996

Police Service of Scotland

Police Service of Northern Ireland

British Transport Police

Ministry of Defence Police

Royal Navy Police

Royal Military Police

Royal Air Force Police

Security Service

Secret Intelligence Service

GCHQ

Ministry of Defence

Department of Health

Home Office

Ministry of Justice

National Crime Agency

HM Revenue & Customs

Department for Transport

Department for Work and Pensions

NHS trusts and foundation trusts in England that provide ambulance services

Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service

Competition and Markets Authority

Criminal Cases Review Commission

Department for Communities in Northern Ireland

Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland

Department of Justice in Northern Ireland

Financial Conduct Authority

Fire and rescue authorities under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004

Food Standards Agency

Food Standards Scotland

Gambling Commission

Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority

Health and Safety Executive

Independent Police Complaints Commissioner

Information Commissioner

NHS Business Services Authority

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board

Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Regional Business Services Organisation

Office of Communications

Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Police Investigations and Review Commissioner

Scottish Ambulance Service Board

Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

Serious Fraud Office

Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust

 

I spy with my little eye something to use against you when you step out of line. Democracy going down the pan rapidly.

[George Armstrong]

It's a tricky one, Megilleland. It all depends on how seriously you want to tackle preparation for acts of terrorism, access to child pornography and people researching how to commit the perfect murder etc. The key to this will be the authority levels to gain access to such records. For example, search warrants are granted to the police by magistrates. Tests apply, such as: how reliable is the source, how recent is the information, how accurate is it, has it been provided maliciously and can it be corroborated. There are other considerations which must be addressed too. I'd expect a very high threshold of tests to be applied by the Courts before State agencies can go snooping through your internet research. Like I say, it's a tricky one.