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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.? by sidlls on Saturday September 28, 2019 @04:22PM (#21102639)
Lawful wiretapping does not imply dystopia, but the actual practice sure seems to. This is very likely to be abused by enforcement agencies and politicians.
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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.? by DanBC on Saturday September 28, 2019 @04:27PM (#21102660)
In the UK there is some oversight by the parliamentary committee and also the courts.

Here's a case where the courts say that police surveillance was not correctly authorised: https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIPTrib/2018/IPT_17_93_H.ht...

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