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    Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary, agreed that the development may benefit law enforcement. But he added: "The exercise of such intrusive powers raises serious privacy issues. The government must explain how they would work in practice and what safeguards will be in place to prevent abuse." The Home Office said it was working with other EU states to develop details of the proposals. glad my bank accounts already empty. Full Article at Times Online
    The exercise of such intrusive powers raises serious privacy issues. The government must explain how they would work in practice and what safeguards will be in place to prevent abuse.
    SOURCE: Times Online 14 months ago
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Police set to step up hacking of home PCs
  1. The public will want this to be controlled by new legislation and judicial authorisation. Without those safeguards it’s a devastating blow to any notion of personal privacy.
    SOURCE: Times Online 14 months ago
  2. These are very intrusive powers – as intrusive as someone busting down your door and coming into your home
    SOURCE: Times Online 14 months ago
  3. The strategy will allow French, German and other EU forces to ask British officers to hack into someones UK computer and pass over any material gleaned.
    SOURCE: Times Online 14 months ago
  4. To be a valid authorisation, the officer giving it must believe that when it is given it is necessary to prevent or detect serious crime and [the] action is proportionate to what it seeks to achieve
    SOURCE: Times Online 14 months ago
  5. It’s like giving police the power to do a Damian Green every day but to do it without anyone even knowing you were doing it.
    SOURCE: Times Online 14 months ago
  6. It’s just like putting a secret camera in someone’s living room
    SOURCE: Times Online 14 months ago

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