The government’s plans to massively increase surveillance of the internet have come under fire again, this time from the ISPs it wants to deputise as its snoopers.
LINX, a major internet peering cooperative, said in its submission to the Home Office’s consultation on the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP) – which closed last week – that moves to harvest data on every web browsing session, email, instant messenger conversation and VoIP call would not “maintain capability”, as officials claim.
Read more in The Register.
Related: LINX submission.