The UK’s electronic intelligence agency has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement to deny it will track all UK internet and online phone use.Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) said it was developing tracking technology but “only acts when it is necessary” and “does not spy at will”.The denial follows the home secretary scrapping plans for a single government database for all communications.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8032367.stmGCHQ denies snooping claim
The government’s electronic eavesdropping centre has issued a rare response to accusations that it plans to install thousands of black boxes to monitor all internet and telephone use in Britain.In a statement, GCHQ denied its £1bn plan – called Mastering the Internet (MTI) – was a “snooping project” and said the technology being developed at its complex in Cheltenham was solely to keep pace with developments in internet technology.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/04/gchq-snooping-technology-mobile-internet
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