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From the BBC:
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In brief if a British citizen uses a foreign based email server, search engine, or social network, the government can collect those communications without a warrant. So Gmail, Facebook, Outlook.com, Freeones and thousands of other sites can be freely searched by the British authorities if the are investigating wrong doing by their citizens.
The way I read it is any electronic communication that leaves the UK, and goes to a foreign nation can be intercepted without a warrant. The way the Internet works that would be damn near everything.
Anyone living in the UK can you elaborate on this? This is apparently under the GCHQ do they just monitor foreign cyber threats, or do they also monitor domestic? Would the local police have access to this as well, or just GCHQ?
Appreciate any additional info, as I view this as a threat to civil liberties.
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In brief if a British citizen uses a foreign based email server, search engine, or social network, the government can collect those communications without a warrant. So Gmail, Facebook, Outlook.com, Freeones and thousands of other sites can be freely searched by the British authorities if the are investigating wrong doing by their citizens.
The way I read it is any electronic communication that leaves the UK, and goes to a foreign nation can be intercepted without a warrant. The way the Internet works that would be damn near everything.
Anyone living in the UK can you elaborate on this? This is apparently under the GCHQ do they just monitor foreign cyber threats, or do they also monitor domestic? Would the local police have access to this as well, or just GCHQ?
Appreciate any additional info, as I view this as a threat to civil liberties.
