Mass electronic surveillance doesn't work, warns Open University security lecturer

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David Cameron's plan to make all internet communications readable slammed by IT security specialist

Mass, unrestricted internet surveillance does not work and may even be counter-productive, claims a researcher at the Open University. His claims echo those made by David Davis MP to Computing b...

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