>>>>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11970391/Internet-firms-to-be-banned-from-offering-out-of-reach-communications-under-new-laws.html
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>>>The new law package has been in the news over here, but that angle was not spot lighted, instead kept in the dark.
>>>Usual spill here was they now make the amount of spying done before legal and prettied it up.
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>>Interestingly, the Feebs in the US claim they've given up on the idea: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/05/fbi_gives_up_on_backdoor_plan/
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>>Maybe in time other governments will stop their "magical thinking" as well.
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>More bad news about the UK demands:
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>http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/11/snoopers-charter-uk-govt-can-demand-backdoors-give-prison-sentences-for-disclosing-them/
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>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/08/surveillance-bill-snoopers-charter-george-orwell

If you want the small print it is here : https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473770/Draft_Investigatory_Powers_Bill.pdf

Oddly a recent poll showed that the majority of those polled on the issue were remarkably sanguine - the general view being that the relevant authorities would not abuse the powers....