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Locked in the crypt
1 July 2000

'When the Government published the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill in February, it looked like Home Secretary Jack Straw and his ministerial poodle Charles Clarke were just demonstrating how little they understood the Net. The idea was to bring police phone-tapping powers up to date so they applied to online communications. But the Home Office slipped in two rather nasty proposals.' link

Posted by SteveC at 01:22 PM Sat 1 Jul 2000 Categories: Internet Magazine , RIP Interception (Part I Chapter 1)