17.11.2016 - 18:55 [ ZDNet ]

Britain has passed the ‚most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy‘

The law will force internet providers to record every internet customer‘s top-level web history in real-time for up to a year, which can be accessed by numerous government departments; force companies to decrypt data on demand — though the government has never been that clear on exactly how it forces foreign firms to do that that; and even disclose any new security features in products before they launch.