[TheRegister] Leaked: The UK’s secret blueprint with telcos for mass spying on internet, phones – and backdoors

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[TheRegister] Leaked: The UK's secret blueprint with telcos for mass spying on internet, phones – and backdoors

The UK government has secretly drawn up more details of its new bulk surveillance powers – awarding itself the ability to monitor Brits’ live communications, and insert encryption backdoors by the backdoor.

In its draft technical capability notices paper [PDF], all communications companies – including phone networks and ISPs – will be obliged to provide real-time access to the full content of any named individual within one working day, as well as any « secondary data » relating to that person. […]

There is no mention of the technical capability notices paper existing either on the Home Office website or on the Gov.uk consultation website. And the only reason we know about it is presumably because someone at one of the few companies that have been sent the draft rules decided to tell Open Rights Group about it. […]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/04/uk_bulk_surveillance_powers_draft/