<story><title>UK government quietly rewrites hacking laws to give GCHQ immunity</title><url>http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/uk-government-quietly-rewrites-hacking-laws-to-grant-gchq-immunity/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>anon1385</author><text>“For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens &amp;#x27;as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone&amp;#x27;. This government will conclusively turn the page on this failed approach.” -- David Cameron&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;uk.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;13&amp;#x2F;uk-britain-militants-idUKKBN0NX2OW20150513&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;uk.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;13&amp;#x2F;uk-britain-militant...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>chestnut-tree</author><text>In case anyone hasn&amp;#x27;t seen this image on Twitter already:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;What David Cameron said actually seems perfectly reasonable if you&amp;#x27;re a comic book supervillain.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;BrigonChomhgail&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;598828273452326912&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;BrigonChomhgail&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;59882827345232691...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>UK government quietly rewrites hacking laws to give GCHQ immunity</title><url>http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/uk-government-quietly-rewrites-hacking-laws-to-grant-gchq-immunity/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>anon1385</author><text>“For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens &amp;#x27;as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone&amp;#x27;. This government will conclusively turn the page on this failed approach.” -- David Cameron&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;uk.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;13&amp;#x2F;uk-britain-militants-idUKKBN0NX2OW20150513&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;uk.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;13&amp;#x2F;uk-britain-militant...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>s_kilk</author><text>Oh how I wish we (Scotland) had decided to part from these lunatics.</text></comment>