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Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/HW_2_mMA8K0/controversial-new-uk-internet-powers-bill-makes-no-mention-of-vpns
Controversial New UK Internet Powers Bill Makes No Mention of VPNs
An anonymous reader writes: The Draft Investigatory Powers Bill presented by the UK Home Secretary Theresa May to Parliament today has caused controversy because it proposes new legislation to force UK ISPs to retain an abbreviated version of a user's internet history for a year, and would also oblige vendors such as Apple not to provide consumer-level encryption that the vendor cannot access itself in accordance with a court order. But perhaps the most surprising aspect of DIPA is that Virtual Private Networks are mentioned nowhere in its 299 pages, even though VPNs are a subject of great interest to Europe, Russia, Iran, China and the United States.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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