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UK To Follow US Lead On Cybersecurity Control Framework
Projects to "master the internet" in full
swing on both sides of the pond
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British intelligence agencies are working on their own version
of the Obama administration's Cybersecurity Act of 2009, a control
framework that will facilitate a great increase in and coordination
of government surveillance.
Sources close to those involved with the move
have told UK based sci-tech website The
Register that the plans will be published
before the summer Parliamentary recess in late July.
"It's understood that UK officials are now
keen not to be seen to be lagging behind their counterparts
in Washington," writes Chris Williams. "The UK cybersecurity
review is being led by the Cabinet Office, with cooperation
from the Home Office, the intelligence services and the Ministry
of Defence."
Though the UK Cabinet Office has refused to reveal
any details of its cybersecurity plans, they are likely to mirror
those of the Obama administration.
As we detailed
in our featured report earlier today, the US cybersecurity
system will only make the internet more vulnerable to attack,
while creating the framework for a more intensive surveillance
grid that will control and regulate every aspect of Americans'
daily lives through the implementation of “smart”
technology.
The legislation would allow the federal government
to tap into any digital aspect of every citizen’s information
without a warrant. Banking, business and medical records would
be wide open to inspection, as well as personal instant message
and e mail communications.
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Although the British government recently announced
a "climb down" over plans for a huge central database
of electronic communications, MPs are still due to consider
an extension to the powers of RIPA (the Regulation of Investigatory
Powers Act) which currently allows hundreds of government agencies
access to communications data.
Human rights watchdog Privacy International has
argued that such an act would be a dangerous first step towards
a "Big Brother" society.
Gus Hosein, a senior fellow at Privacy International, recently
told
the BBC that the latest proposals infringed basic
human rights.
"The idea that ISPs need to collect data and send it en
masse to central government is, without doubt, illegal,"
he said.
Furthermore, secret plans were recently uncovered
and detailed in the London
Times, revealing how hundreds of millions in public
funds have been spent on the development of a mass internet
surveillance system.
The system is being implemented by GCHQ, the official
site of the UK Government Communications Headquarters which
is the centre for Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) activities.
The project is known as "Mastering the Internet" (MTI).
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