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Technologists and digital rights experts foresee a rather different outcome, however, reminiscent of a privacy nightmare.
Worse still, this reform isn’t the only legislative effort to broaden the UK’s surveillance laws.
What’s the Investigatory Powers Act reform all about?
According to Wilton, though, there is no such thing as personal data with no privacy implications.
Weaker privacy isn’t the only casualty of the IPA’s reform, either.
Experts warn that the changes may eventually compromise Britons' data security.
CEO and CO-Founder of UK-based encrypted service provider Element, Matthew Hodgson also expressed his concerns.
Yet, technologists claim this will actually undermine our online safety.
If you know that there’s a problem, you should tell people.
Many politicians are speaking out against extended welfare surveillance powers (see video below).
Again, civil societies have been very critical of this proposal.
Facial recognition is, in fact, well-known to be wayfar from flawless.