(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); David Cameron has today revealed his intention to ban communication services like Snapchat, WhatsApp and iMessage if they continue to be encrypted from the security services.

Snapchat, WhatsApp and Apple's iMessage all encrypt their messages making it impossible for governments to look at them.

In the wake of the Paris shootings, the Prime Minister would ban these services in an attempt to open up all forms of online communication to the security services.

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At present, government departments like the Police and MI5 require written permission from the Home Secretary to look at a person's online data.

Even with that warrant however they still won't be able to see everything as many online services and apps now encrypt all forms of communication following the Edward Snowden revelations.

The Prime Minister would ban these communication services until they agreed to open up their data to the government.

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Does he honestly see how bad this starting to make him look, I mean it honestly looks like he's trying to turn us into a police state. Best make sure you don't use these services, you'll get a knock at the door from the secret police and that'll be the last time you ever do anything.

This is only being done for the headlines I don't think he would go ahead with it

Even if he bans those, the government and their endless lies will never catch me on my VPN, 3 Proxys, TOR browser running tails OS on a public computer while encrypting everything with TrueCrypt and sending emails via PGP.

Another big factor they wanted these banned was after the 2011 London riots. People used BBM (Blackberry days) as a form of encrypted communication to organize looting and attacks. Will never happen though...

He takes pictures of the night sky.

Lol government trying to act like they can't see what your doing.

cameron a complete and utter sod

One of the IT's at my schools name is Damion Cameron and I thought his name was David Cameron >.<

Are the proxies REALLY needed? I mean seriously. You must have one slow connection.

So how does it work, when it sends the email do you have to wait like 30 seconds for every packet of information or do you just like store it in a pool and it sends it every 3 seconds