UK Government Wants to Send Tech Execs to Jail For Disclosing Surveillanceby Cory DoctorowBoing Boing Dec. 31, 2015 |
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Many tech companies -- Twitter, Yahoo and Google, to name three -- have a policy of notifying users when it's suspected that a state-level actor is attempting to hack into their account. Specifically, UK ministers want to make it a criminal offence for tech firms to warn users of requests for access to their communication data made by security organizations such as MI5, MI6 and GCHQ (the Government Communications Headquarters).Tech companies face criminal charges if they notify users of UK government spying [Rob Thubron/Techspot] |