Security vendors Sophos and Kaspersky Lab this week said they would block UK police attempts to hack into people’s computer systems without a warrant. The UK Home Office last week said it was working with the European Parliament on plans to extend police powers to conduct remote searches of computers. UK police already have the power to hack into suspect systems without a warrant, due to an amendment to the Computer Misuse Act, which came into force in 1995
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