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Surveillance bill under fire
10 February 2000

'The UK Government came under fire on Thursday from the internet community after it published a Bill to regulate covert surveillance. The critics say the legislation, if passed, could lead to innocent people being sent to jail simply because they have lost their data encryption codes.' link

Posted by SteveC at 02:21 PM Thu 10 Feb 2000 Categories: BBC , Human Rights , RIP Forced Decryption (Part III)