Snooper's charter: wider police powers to hack phones and access web history
by Alan Travis Home affairs editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#15MDC)
Latest version of investigatory powers bill will allow police to hack people's computers and view browsing history
Powers for the police to access everyone's web browsing histories and to hack into phones are to be expanded under the latest version of the snooper's charter legislation.
The extension of police powers contained in the investigatory powers bill published on Tuesday indicates the determination of the home secretary, Theresa May, to get her legislation on to the statute book by the end of this year despite sweeping criticism by three separate parliamentary committees in the past month.
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