Recent Featured Videos and Articles | Eastern “Orthodoxy” Refuted | How To Avoid Sin | The Antichrist Identified! | What Fake Christians Get Wrong About Ephesians | Why So Many Can't Believe | “Magicians” Prove A Spiritual World Exists | Amazing Evidence For God | News Links |
Vatican II “Catholic” Church Exposed | Steps To Convert | Outside The Church There Is No Salvation | E-Exchanges | The Holy Rosary | Padre Pio | Traditional Catholic Issues And Groups | Help Save Souls: Donate | ![]() |
Internet Firms Warn UK Against 'Dangerous' Changes to Law
abcnews.go.com
Major U.S. Internet companies have urged the British government to reconsider a plan to make telecommunications firms help spies hack into computers and phones.
The draft Investigatory Powers Bill would require telecoms companies to keep records of customers' Web histories for up to a year, and to help security services gain access to suspects' electronic devices.
In a joint submission to a committee of British lawmakers, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo said that "to the extent this could involve the introduction of risks or vulnerabilities into products or services, it would be a very dangerous precedent to set."
They urged the government to reconsider, and warned against changes that would weaken online encryption, which they called a "fundamental security tool."
The submission was made last month and published Thursday by the committee, which is reviewing the proposed legislation.
Apple has also objected to the British proposals, saying they could weaken online security by providing a backdoor to users' data for "bad guys" as well as "good guys."
The British government insists the bill won't weaken or ban online encryption.
Sign up for our free e-mail list to see future vaticancatholic.com videos and articles.
Recent Content
^