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Old 31-10-2015, 23:23   #27
RichardCoulter
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Re: Police seek powers to access browsing history of UK computer users

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
What concerns me about any of these snooping powers is the abuse: We've already seen RIPA anti-terrorism laws used by local councils to prosecute over dog poo and chase council tax non-payers. Unless there are some serious safeguards like a court order being needed to access records I can see this being abused as well.

The road to hell is truely paved in good intentions.
RIPA has also been used to take pictures of little girls:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vWlxh8lcuBg
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