Reply to post: Re: "Terrorists / IS / bigtime criminals" already do use encryption, they have done for years."

UK's internet spy law: £250m in costs could balloon to £2 BILLION

Daniel von Asmuth
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Re: "Terrorists / IS / bigtime criminals" already do use encryption, they have done for years."

Never mind. That still leave a big amount of unencrypted information.

The consequence of all this intelligence gathering is that foreign groups who dislike Britons need only break into the government's big data warehouse and download all in bulk. Thus you become more vulnerable.

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