UK Police To Step Up Hacking of Home PCs

toomanyairmiles writes "The Times of London reports that the United Kingdom's Home Office has quietly adopted a new plan to allow police across Britain to routinely hack into people's personal computers without a warrant. The move, which follows a decision by the European Union's council of ministers in Brussels, has angered civil liberties groups and opposition MPs. They described it as a sinister extension of the surveillance state that drives 'a coach and horses' through privacy laws."

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Submitter and the editors need to realise...

[CrackedButter]

there is no such newspaper as the "Times of London", it is just "The Times" and a proper edit of the summary would be in order.

Re:Is this....legal?

[mrsteveman1]

.......your doctors are.....fucking retarded i believe.

Re:Is this....legal?

[Gojira Shipi-Taro]

Taking useful cooking implements away from non-criminal citizens is never an acceptable solution.

UK citizens no longer have a leg to stand on in any arguement regarding civil rights if they support this shit.

The way to prevent knife crime is to NOT have mercy on perpetrators. IOW, Death Penalty.

Removing useful kitchen knives from the majority of the population is not acceptable. Yes I'm saying I'd rather have my knives than have some fuckwit perpetrator live.

Tell ya what though, make fucking sure Gordon Ramsey and The Naked Chef have to obey this on TV and I'll at least get some entertainment from that.