House to offer bill blocking government hacking powers

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) on Tuesday will offer the companion to a Senate bill blocking a Justice Department request to expand federal hacking powers. At issue is a proposed amendment to little-known criminal procedure rules that will take effect in December…

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Tory MP calls for RIPA powers to be revoked

Conservative party MP David Davis has said that the powers of unwarranted intelligence, surveillance and interception granted in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) should be revoked. Speaking at the ‘Scrambling for Safety’ conference at the London School of Economics (LSE) yesterday, Davis slammed the government’s plans to…

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