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The article focuses on a proposed British surveillance law, the Investigatory Power Bill, which would allow the Home Office to track internet connection records. It states that documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden suggest the government was already tracking this data and that the law would require internet service providers to keep a record of their customers internet usage. It speculates the law would harm citizen privacy and could result in criminals using encryption.

The article reports on the released of the latest version of surveillance law Investigatory Powers Bill in Great Britain in 2016 which requires technology companies to decrypt electronic protections and data encryptions applied to user's messages when technically feasible.

The article expresses opposition to a counterterrorism proposal from British Prime Minister David Cameron that would prohibit encrypted online communications inaccessible to government security agencies, saying such a policy would restrict everyone's freedom of speech and Internet privacy.