Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, reportedly intercepted and collected millions of images of people via Yahoo webcam chats, some of which were sexually explicit. As part of the surveillance program, dubbed “Optic Nerve,” GCHQ saved images from webcams on agency databases regardless of whether or not the individuals were an intelligence target. To get an idea of the breadth of the endeavor, GCHQ reportedly collected images from 1.8 million Yahoo users during a six-month period in 2008 alone.
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Report: Britain Snooped on Yahoo Users' Sexy Times
Posted by: David Vranicar February 28, 2014 08:41 AMBritain’s Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, reportedly intercepted and collected millions of images of people via Yahoo webcam chats, some of which were sexually explicit. As part of the surveillance program, dubbed “Optic Nerve,” GCHQ saved images from webcams on agency databases regardless of whether or not the individuals were an intelligence target. To get an idea of the breadth of the endeavor, GCHQ reportedly collected images from 1.8 million Yahoo users during a six-month period in 2008 alone.