House of Commons passes spy bill
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-britain-encrypt-41ce0ee2-2ce5-11e6-b9d5-3c3063f8332c-20160607-story.html
The U.K. House of Commons on Tuesday passed a controversial
bill giving spy agencies the power to engage in bulk
surveillance and computer hacking, but ceded some ground to
protests from the technology industry and civil liberties
groups. The bill, which was introduced by the Conservative
Party-led government in March after modifications to address
concerns from tech companies and privacy advocates, passed by
a vote of 444 to 69. Most of the opposition Labour Party voted
with the conservative majority to advance the bill to the
House of Lords, while the opposition Scottish National Party,
citing concerns about privacy and civil rights, voted against
it. Many of the surveillance techniques -- such as scooping
up the metadata of communications and using malware to gain
access to the computers and mobile phones of terrorism
suspects --- have already been in use by U.K. spy agencies and
the law now gives them explicit authority.
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