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Apple Hits Out At British Plans To Extend Online Surveillance


Ron Burgundy
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File photo of a customer entering the new Apple store, which is the world's largest, on its opening day at Covent Garden in LondonBy Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Apple has warned that a British plan to give intelligence agencies extra online surveillance powers could weaken the security of personal data for millions of people and paralyze the tech sector. Critics however say the Investigatory Powers Bill gives British spies authority beyond those available in other Western countries, including the United States, and that it constitutes an assault on personal freedom. Apple submitted its response to a British parliamentary committee that is scrutinizing the new bill in the latest clash between Western governments seeking to monitor the threat from Islamist militants and online companies working to maintain security.




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