genericuser posted:

So the snoopers charters came into force in the U.K. today. Ars Technica did a good breakdown of it http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/investigatory-powers-act-imminent-peers-clear-path-for-uk-super-snoop-law/ The major issue is the requirement for all ISPs to log all internet usage and make it available to a wide range of government bodies upon request. Sounds serious but is pointless as all I did was switch my VPN to an Icelandic server and I have privacy again. Iceland has very strong privacy laws. I'm not particular worried about the security services looking through my internet history but it's a massive target for any hacker. I would prefer not to have Russian hacker with a whole bunch of personal data.

The whole legislation seems ill thought out as it is easily circumvented. Basically Tor or a VPN negates it. I wonder if they'll double down and try and ban those next. What do you think goons? Will our weird porn fetishes stay safe?