UK intel agencies spy indiscriminately on millions of innocent folks
Do not lose sight of the fact that Britain is one of the Five Eyes.
Which means that their data sets include everything that the NSA collects. And they don't have pesky (though effectively unenforced) NSA restrictions against spying on Americans.
Enjoy your lack of privacy!
Hacker, yes. News - probably not.
I've depressingly come to accept this as part of being British.
You can't do bulk data collection without spying on a significant amount of innocent people, can you?
Unfortunately, this will not surprise many folks here
Is bulk data collection government regulated? Meaning, is it legal for a person to start building and sharing databases about other people e.g. about the same people working for the organizations mentioned in the article, MI5, MI6, GCHQ?
I'm not interested in doing that, just wondering whether there is a double standard for this kind of activity.
Interesting how "folks" is replacing "people" even in headlines/journalism.
So much for difference between US/UK and, say, China.
Never had any problem with this whatsoever. Where are all the mass persecutions you people are so paranoid about? You really think the gov't cares you talk about weed with your friends on the phone? Get over yourself. They don't; they do the same shit on their days off and probably cheat on their wives too.
If fact, everything is constantly getting more and more permissive in society yet you're still terrified they "collect my data. OMG my privacy!!" Just be honest about what you really dislike: authority. Your parents never taught you to respect authority and now as a 20-25 year old after an undergraduate sociology class you think you're "oppressed" by the "man".
lol.