Anyone referring to it as tar sands is either A a disingenuous putz trying to incite some politicized debate B just generally wrong . What people call it is meaningless , as is citing it as the majority of people as if that is some sort of reliable metric . Probably couldn ' t even get the majority of people here to refer to it as tar . The only people who are complete tools are the ones who are fine with letting ignorance prevail . But don ' t let that stop you from going for the emotional response ahh shit , proven wrong , better just insult you lolololol . <| sep |> From the article , second paragraph The Investigatory Powers Bill , which was all but passed into law this week , forces internet providers to keep a full list of Internet Connection Records ICRs for a year , and make them available to the government if it asks . I ' m not in favour of this or anything , but storing which websites you ' ve visited over the past 12 months is hardly anyone ' s entire internet history . RTFA people .