Re:Two UK Broadband ISPs Trial New Internet Snooping System
by lupire on Thursday March 11, 2021 @11:21PM
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No. It drops the junk and tags you as an person of interest.
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Re:Two UK Broadband ISPs Trial New Internet Snooping System
by jjbinx007 on Friday March 12, 2021 @03:06AM
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Then criminals should focus on what that non interesting stuff is likely to be and exploit that.
Terrorists (as well as a CIA director) have for years used a simple trick to communicate without leaving suspicious looking metadata: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/11/12...
I find this type of legislation works like DVD copy protection: the innocent and non tech savvy will be disproportionately affected and it won't do anything to deter those with sufficient knowledge.