All Instant Messaging Could Be Killed In The UK Within Weeks

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is pressing ahead with new powers that plan to stop people from sending any form of encrypted messages. Under the rather Orwellian "Draft Communications Data Bill" (nicknamed Snooper's Charter) the legislation proposed would require ISPs and mobile providers to maintain records of each user's internet browsing activity (including social media), email correspondence, voice calls, and mobile phone messaging services and store the records for 12 months.