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February 27, 2014 09:24 pm GMT

UK Spy Agency Collected Millions of Webcam Images From Yahoo Users

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British spy agency GCHQ has spied on millions of Yahoo users' webcam images as part of a bulk collection program codenamed Optic Nerve, according to the latest report based on documents provided by Edward Snowden.

The GCHQ, with help from the NSA, collected a vast number of webcam pictures from 1.8 million users over a six-month period by tapping fiber optic cables. The program began as a prototype in 2008 but was still active in 2012, The Guardian reported.

See also: Snowden Docs: British Spies Used DDoS Attacks Against Anonymous

A large number of images turned out to be pornographic: Between 3% and 11% of the entire database harvested by GCHQ contained "undesirable nudity," the documents read Read more...

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