The Investigatory Powers Act replaces existing law under the Telecommunications Act and brings government mass surveillance into the Internet age with a bang. The IP Act made it through both Houses, without adding any of the privacy constraining amendments suggested by the House of Lords Intelligence and Security Committee, and will become law within weeks.<\/p>\n
Under the new law, the UK government<\/a> can access 12 months of your Internet history at the drop of a hat. Additionally, they now have the power to infiltrate and infect your computer in the course of an investigation with only the say-so of the Home Secretary. Jenny Jones, a House of Lords member representing the Green Party, tweeted a lament as the bill passed its final hurdle to becoming a bonafide law.<\/p>\n That's it, the #IPBill<\/a> has gone thru and will soon be an Act. We've given our security services unprecedented powers to spy on us.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jenny Jones (@GreenJennyJones) November 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n