The Telegraph has a report that RIPA is - as everybody feared - having mission creep and now local councils and health authorities are being encouraged to further use the power to intercept phone calls and emails. Why? The Government says that "This data is a vital tool to investigations and intelligence gathering in support of national security and crime" .
So why are health authorities getting that power? What possible need do they have for data intercepts? Councils (for eg Poole) have proven time and time again that they are not to be trusted with RIPA powers and that these powers are being misused.
Dizzy has an excellent blog on why any half-decent criminal would bye-pass RIPA anyway, something that any decent techie would be able point out to the government...
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