GCHQ update
Danny | 05.05.2009 11:46 | Other Press | Technology
"Spy chiefs are already spending hundreds of millions of pounds on a mass internet surveillance system, despite Jacqui Smith's announcement earlier this week that proposals for a central warehouse of communications data had been dumped on privacy grounds."
(I think this tech scoop is important to have on IM for the people who don't read The Register but obviously do use computers. I don't have anything original to add though, sorry.)
Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, said: "We opposed the big brother database because it gave the state direct access to everybody’s communications. But this network of black boxes achieves the same thing via the back door."
GCHQ's spokeswoman said: "GCHQ does not discuss 'how' we use data, as this may lead to revelations about our capability which damage national security.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/05/gchq_mti_statement/
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Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, said: "We opposed the big brother database because it gave the state direct access to everybody’s communications. But this network of black boxes achieves the same thing via the back door."
GCHQ's spokeswoman said: "GCHQ does not discuss 'how' we use data, as this may lead to revelations about our capability which damage national security.
GCHQ: Mastering the Media
Spy agency in public equivocation shocker
By Chris Williams
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/05/gchq_mti_statement/ Jacqui's secret plan to 'Master the Internet'
'Climb down' on central database was 'a sideshow'
By Chris Williams
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/03/gchq_mti/
Danny