David Cameron News: UK Prime Minister Calls for Online Message Monitoring

Police and intelligence agencies have expressed their frustration of their lack of jurisdiction to access and intercept online communications. As constant new methods of online messaging spring up, the ability for government agencies to keep up is slipping.

Prime Minister David Cameron, recently in a campaign event expressed his commitment to making it impossible for terrorists to communicate online safely.

Mr Cameron said: "The next Government will have to legislate again in 2016. If I am prime minister I will make sure that it is a comprehensive piece of legislation that does not allow terrorists safe space to communicate with each other.,"

"That is the key principle: do we allow terrorists safer spaces for them to talk to each other. I say no we don't - and we should legislate accordingly. And if I am in Government that is what you will get."

"The first duty of any government is to keep our country and people safe. The attacks in Paris demonstrated the scale of the threat that we face and the need to have robust powers through our intelligence and security agencies in order to keep our people safe."

Originally a Communications Data Bill branded the "snoopers charter" was blocked by the Liberal Democrat, but Conservatives have expressed their desire to revive the legislation in light of the recent events.

As well intentioned as this bill may be, if this bill is to aim normal publicly available messaging program then it may be falling short.

Programs like Suresport or TextSecure are examples of encrypted messaging services that ensures completely safety and security. These programs are free and easily accessible, and the creators of these programs ensure that decryption is practically impossible.

It may be easy to see why the idea may be well intentioned, but how affective it actually is has to be questioned, and if it isn't will privacy be returned to the public?