This is genuinely terrible for people living in the UK who care about their privacy and freedom on the internet.
I do wonder whether this bill was caused by sincere misunderstanding of how tech works on the part of the legislators or, more cynically, a government agenda to crush privacy on the internet. Either way, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The legislators know exactly what they're doing. They had amble information from everyone not in government.
They're banking on big tech accommodating them. Once they have all the data, they can sell it to the US gov, who then can target it's citizens by circumventing 4A.
I do wonder whether this bill was caused by sincere misunderstanding of how tech works on the part of the legislators or, more cynically, a government agenda to crush privacy on the internet. Either way, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.