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UK RIP Bill Reintroduced

Posted by michael on from the because-there-isn't-enough-spying-in-the-world dept.

AIM31 writes "The amendments to RIP bill in the UK, which gives the power to read email headers and history to such bodies as the Postal Service, is back. with amendments. Last time it was rejected after massive protest."

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  1. encryption by Neophytus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As protest last time a group sent the then home secretary a bunch of encrypted emails. It would have actually been illegal for him to recieve them because of the poor wording in the bill - you had to be able to decode anything that you recieve.