UK Cops, Spies Blast “3-Strikes”
Says criminals will turn to encryption to avoid detection and “make prosecution harder because it increases the workload significantly.” Law enforcement is the latest UK group to criticize Business Secretary Lord Mandelson’s “ evolved ” plan to to disconnect repeat file-sharers from the Internet. Both police and the country’s spy services, MI5 and MI6, are concerned that the proposal will mean more criminals will begin encrypting their traffic to escape detection by copyright holders, thereby making their job much, much more difficult. “It will make prosecution harder because it increases the workload significantly,” one law enforcement official told The Times .
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