Because we've accepted it. We know the government is watching us 24/7 and no one cares. This is the new norm.

Stories like this fill me with a slight bit of hope that encryption works

I wonder how they are not even busy explaining how this could happen with all that surveillance already in place. I mean no camera jumped down the pole to stop the car...

She did admit during the interview that these incidents couldn't be completely stopped.

The point is, that they can't be stopped at all.

There is a way to suspect someone may at some point, which is what the UK security apparatus is aiming for but this kind of profiling will end up being a psychological analysis of whole groups of the population. The results won't be great for any of us.

Britain is well known around the world for not caring about privacy/surveillance.

And the most CCTV-ed society.

Seriously, have you seen any US news lately? You Brits look like geniuses compared to what we have.