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UK Police To Step Up Hacking of Home PCs

Posted by kdawson on from the must-be-ok-if-the-good-guys-do-it dept.

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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  1. So thats how by Dyinobal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So that's how my World of Warcraft account had all the gold stolen off it.

  2. Re:How?? by Yvan256 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Cool!

  3. Well actually... by Deus.1.01 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The term is cracking, and.... WHAT THE FUCK!?

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