Cameron’s internet law has huge loopholes

Stefan Mileschin · 9th November 2015, 10:39

The Draft Investigatory Powers Bill presented by the UK Home Secretary Theresa May to parliament earlier this week has a loophole so wide you could park a 747 in it, sideways.

This is legislation that will force UK ISPs to keep an Internet Connection Record for a year and force Apple and Google to abandon consumer level encryption.

But the entire law fails to mention the one thing which makes the whole law pointless – Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).

For a few pounds a year you can install some ‘customer-friendly’ VPN software which makes every transaction show up as encrypted traffic. This makes them the tool of choice of any paedophile child sex ring and practically mandatory for terrorists.

http://www.techeye.net/news/camerons...huge-loopholes

9th November 2015, 10:39	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,618	Cameron’s internet law has huge loopholes The Draft Investigatory Powers Bill presented by the UK Home Secretary Theresa May to parliament earlier this week has a loophole so wide you could park a 747 in it, sideways. This is legislation that will force UK ISPs to keep an Internet Connection Record for a year and force Apple and Google to abandon consumer level encryption. But the entire law fails to mention the one thing which makes the whole law pointless – Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). For a few pounds a year you can install some ‘customer-friendly’ VPN software which makes every transaction show up as encrypted traffic. This makes them the tool of choice of any paedophile child sex ring and practically mandatory for terrorists. http://www.techeye.net/news/camerons...huge-loopholes

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