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Re:Extreme surveillance' becomes UK law with barely a whimper by minxomat on Saturday November 19, 2016 @07:45AM (#12993244)
> require communication service providers (CSPs) to retain UK internet users' "Internet connection records" – which websites were visited but not the particular pages and not the full browsing history – for one year

In what world is a serial list of IP connections that a customer made not a "browsing history"?

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Re:Extreme surveillance' becomes UK law with barely a whimper by Symbiote on Saturday November 19, 2016 @08:03AM (#12993298)
Presumably, it's not required to record "particular pages" because

- It sounds reassuring

- It's not possible to record, for instance when someone accesses secure sites (the majority of time and pages)

- It's not necessary, since the a server's logs can easily be cross-referenced to the TCP connection logs

- It's not necessary, since plenty of insight results from knowing who, when, how much, for how long and how often everyone communicates with everyone else.

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