WhatsApp and Apple need to agree how to share data with British spies

independent.co.uk

4 pointsbootload2 comments

It still blows my mind they're pushing for stuff like this when it's been admitted already that the Paris terrorists, Lee Rigby's killer and other such perpetrators were already under surveillance by intelligence agencies. They already had all the data they needed, they just didn't leverage it correctly.

There's just no legitimate reason to increase surveillance powers even more. This is a weak, weak argument.

Reason is not a policy paradigm. Political decisions aren't usually made because of reason, but power.

After a shocking event political agents try to adjust their communication to fit said event. In this case it worked better for surveillance than for e.g. fast-food deregulation.

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