LSE Launches Scathing Attack On Government Web Surveillance Plans

The UK government's ambitious plans to intercept emails, text messages, and internet browsing sessions in the UK won't work and exert an unjust onus on ISPs, claimed a study by the London School of Economics (LSE). The government backed the proposals by claiming that the move would help security services equip better to investigate into crimes in a rapidly-changing digital environment. Tagging the plan as “overly intrusive and unrealistic”, the LSE Policy...