Draft Investigatory Powers Bill

[Roland Perry]

In article <FEC28FB7-570E-4FA6-9E28-E4C688571AE6 at barnfather.net>, Paul 
Barnfather <lists at barnfather.net> writes
>
>The various commentators are talking about “Internet service providers”, but it seems they are not just talking about ISPs like Talk Talk and
>BT. As far as I can tell, they mean “anyone that provides a communications service on the Internet”. So, presumably my bank’s secure messaging
>service is covered by this Bill as well?

I'd expect the new rules to say that a connectivity ISP such as TalkTalk 
should log the fact you had a session with your bank. But nothing more 
than that.

Is who you bank with a secret? And might knowing who a criminal banked 
with be a useful step in apprehending him (after you've used a more 
traditional warrant to get sight of his bank statements), if he's just 
ripped off a few thousand innocent consumers by a few tens of pounds 
each.
-- 
Roland Perry