British MPs’ private emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ
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British MPs’ private emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ
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Re: British MPs’ private emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ
#2The British are so strange. This kind of abuse of power would never be contemplated by American authorities.
Re: British MPs’ private emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ
#3The British are so strange. This kind of abuse of power would never be contemplated by American authorities.
As a Brit who finds this sort of thing completely scary/abhorrent, I often wonder what it is about our culture that makes this so. I think a big part of it is the class-system, which has its roots in feudal structures from millennia past, and is still very much alive and well today. We all grow up to develop an innate sense of class (I look up to him, I look down on him etc.), and for the majority of people, they do trust the upper classes. The royal family has approval ratings through the roof, we have an Etonian PM and largely Etonian cabinet. We just don't have the same distrust that most countries seem to have. On the ground, this comes across as "well it's probably for the best, they know what they're doing", when trying to discuss matters like these.
Also, I'm assuming there's an injunction out about this - can't find it reported anywhere in the UK press.
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#4This coming to light is a good thing, because the MPs will finally be scared enough to do something pro-privacy and stop all the anti-encryption nonsense.
Re: British MPs’ private emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ
#5The British are so strange. This kind of abuse of power would never be contemplated by American authorities.
I hope you're being sarcastic?
NSA was caught snooping in a Supreme Court justice's data. (I think it was before he was on the Supreme Court, but nonetheless.) I find it unlikely that they're not intercepting American legislators' data, along with everyone else's.
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#6This coming to light is a good thing, because the MPs will finally be scared enough to do something pro-privacy and stop all the anti-encryption nonsense.
Yeah. It will be fixed by making it illegal to access politicians data. They need privacy.
Normal people need security, so this clearly doesn't apply to them.
/s
Re: British MPs’ private emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ
#7This coming to light is a good thing, because the MPs will finally be scared enough to do something pro-privacy and stop all the anti-encryption nonsense.
Unfortunately the GCHQ has a ton of blackmail material on all of those MPs to shut them up if they get too loud.
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#8Democracy these days seems to be more and more illusory. I'm willing to bet these same MPs will help make the IP Bill become law, anyway.
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#9Gosh, this is absolutely shocking. Anyway, who fancies a cup of tea and a war in the Middle East.
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#10Shadow government is shadowy. Lawmakers with nannies are toothless... Lawmakers with overlords are nothing.