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• Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk
• 1.8m users targeted by UK agency in six-month period alone
• Yahoo: 'A whole new level of violation of our users' privacy'
• Material included large quantity of sexually explicit images

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/f ... rnet-yahoo

We've just illegally invaded millions of people's most intimate moments, but you, avert your eyes!

GCHQ is looking at one hell of a 'review' in the not too distant future...

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However, NSA spokeswoman Vanee Vines said the agency did not ask foreign partners such as GCHQ to collect intelligence the agency could not legally collect itself.

I mean ffs, we already KNOW that's a lie.

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Apparently something like 11% of the images were nude! :lol:

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However, NSA spokeswoman Vanee Vines said the agency did not ask foreign partners such as GCHQ to collect intelligence the agency could not legally collect itself.

They just gave a 'nudge, nudge, wink, wink' instead.

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Are they sure it wasn't just a bunch of guys on the nightshift who had learned how to google "inurl:ViewerFrame?Mode=" :?:

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Senators to investigate NSA role in GCHQ 'Optic Nerve' webcam spying

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/f ... estigation

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