David Cameron, listen to technologists on surveillance not your policy wonks, urges privacy guru

John Leonard
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'I want to challenge Prime Minister Cameron to listen to 15 of the world's top cryptographers - what you are asking for is not possible,' says Privacy by Design inventor Ann Cavoukian

The Prime Minister's plans to make all communications easily accessible by police and intelligence agencies have been under sustained criticism ever since he announced them in the wake of the Charl...

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