| Thread Tools |
19th June 2014, 08:09 | #1 |
[M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania
Posts: 148,095
| UK spooks don’t need a warrant GCHQ can snoop on British citizens' use of Facebook and Google without an individual warrant because the firms are based overseas. UK spy boss Charles Farr said that the services are classified as external communications and the spooks can hack into your account without needing a warrant. The news came out as part of a continuing legal battle with campaign group Privacy International (PI). Charles Farr, director general of the Office of Security and Counter-Terrorism, told PI that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and web searches on Google, webmail services such as Hotmail and Yahoo, are classified as "external communications", which means that they can be intercepted without the need for additional legal clearance. If you have webmail or social networking accounts in the EU the government would need a search warrant signed by a minister and that can only be issued when there is suspicion of illegal activity. However if your accounts or searches are on Google or your posts on Facebook they are sending information overseas which can be collected under a broader warrant which does not need to be signed by a minister. Farr said point out that data collected in this way "cannot be read, looked at or listened to" except in strictly limited circumstances. Apparently there is a “significant distinction" between intercepting material and a person actually reading, looking at or listening it. http://news.techeye.net/business/uk-...need-a-warrant |
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
How to use an NDA to track phones without a warrant | Stefan Mileschin | WebNews | 0 | 5th March 2014 08:21 |
US spooks gets poor review | Stefan Mileschin | WebNews | 0 | 20th December 2013 08:07 |
Spam protects people from NSA spooks | Stefan Mileschin | WebNews | 0 | 17th October 2013 08:00 |
US spooks carried out over 200 cyber attacks in 2011 alone | Stefan Mileschin | WebNews | 0 | 3rd September 2013 07:21 |
US spooks snoop more than they say | Stefan Mileschin | WebNews | 0 | 23rd August 2013 07:22 |
European Union signs its own death warrant | Stefan Mileschin | WebNews | 0 | 11th March 2013 07:32 |
Aussie spooks blow cover on Facebook | Stefan Mileschin | WebNews | 0 | 26th December 2012 13:44 |
Disgruntled IT worker exposes Western spooks | Stefan Mileschin | WebNews | 0 | 7th December 2012 07:11 |
Skype Allegedly Rats Out Minor Without Waiting For Warrant | Stefan Mileschin | WebNews | 0 | 14th November 2012 09:16 |
US spooks plan online trolling programme | Stefan Mileschin | WebNews | 0 | 20th July 2012 07:27 |
Thread Tools | |
| |