It was beaten back only a couple of years ago, but the infamous snoopers charter is being sneaked in to the counter-terrorism and security bill, with a brief debate in the House of Lords later today. (politics.co.uk)
The security - conscious will appreciate the inclusion of a biometric fingerprint reader, TPM 1.2 circuitry, and the ability to disable all of the ports to keep sensitive data from snoopers. (laptopmag.com)
Speaking on Sky News's Murnaghan programme, the business secretary, Vince Cable, said it was a possibility that the Prism system may have allowed the government to operate a covert sort of snoopers» charter, which the Liberal Democrats oppose. (theguardian.com)