[ben_w]

I was already looking for how to get out of the UK with the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, before the Brexit referendum, owing to glaring deficiencies such as the Welsh Ambulance Service being on the list of government agencies which have the right to access, without a warrant, the preceding six months of internet connection records for anyone who isn't a lawyer or a Member of Parliament.

[gizajob]

You should have just run pron in a background tab 24/7 to give the person checking a really bad day.

[ben_w]

The evidence given to the committee had a different, but equally relevant, example about how completely pointless the entire concept was for their stated goal.

Something like:

Govt.: "Imagine a teenager goes missing, we can use these records to find if they were posting on Twitter!"

Expert testimony: "The way these things work, their phones will connect to Twitter hundreds of times each day even if the person themselves doesn't."

The government may well be dumb enough that you were correct to write:

> the person

But the assumption of their incompetence is only wise when asking if they'll do something you want, not if asking if they'll do something you hate.