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UK Government Proposes 'License To Hack' As Encryption Proves Hard To Defeat (thetimes.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: The Times reports (paywalled) that the Investigatory Powers Bill promised by the UK government over the summer is likely to be presented to parliament next month, and that it will contain 'dizzying' powers for MI5, MI6 and GCHQ to hack the devices of individuals under investigation, with the permission of the home secretary. An implementation of the Wilson Doctrine will mean that British MPs will not be subject to these powers in the same way as other citizens. According to a digital evidence expert that the Times interviewed, the bill addresses the difficulty that the UK government is sharing with other nations in defeating encryption effectively. "Hacking is different from interception because it allows hackers to take control of the device, using it for surveillance and accessing data from the source, rather than simply intercepting them, which is becoming increasingly difficult."
Theresa May has tried to pass Snoopers charter and withdrawn. Now she tries this shit, but Snowden two weeks ago revealed GCHQ can hack every phone. We get it. You can see her group, but this isn't a coup. Britain is still a Parliamentary democracy. We can see she's trying to legalize what you lot are already doing, and she's doing the same pedo terrorists shit that was used to attack Parliament recently.
Remember Tom Watsons "Parliament pedo killers ring"? This is an attempt to use an idiot (Tom Watson) to make claims of a massive pedo ring in Parliament, so that no MP dare challenge the latest push by Theresa May's group to get mass surveillance because of "PEDOS IN PARLIAMENT!"
But you didn't get Snoopers charter, so Karma Police mass surveillance is illegal, and you don't have legal cover to hack smartphones, so your Smurf hacks are illegal. Are you GCHQ lot part of the democracy run by Parliament or part of this slow motion coup?
Yes, because the UK executes thousands every year and sends thousands for "re-education", and has no independent judiciary and is a one-party state, just like China.
Here's a clue retard, virtually all states have some repressive characteristics. But some are still *much, much much* worse than others. See?
Actually you're probably one of the China-bots who does the 'ooo look a squirrel' thing every time China's truly abysmal human rights record is mentioned. Nobody's fooled you know.
(And for what it's worth the UK password disclosure stuff has barely been used and is full of holes and would fall apart if anyone took it to the European court of human rights, but yes, it is still repressive).
Don't be silly. Of course GCHQ etc won't officially hack British MP's but I'm sure the NSA and friends can lend a helping hand, and vice versa.
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