[LINK] GCHQ tapped fibre trunks

[Kim Holburn]

Note that: it can *store the contents* of telephone calls, emails, website traffic.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/23/mi5-feared-gchq-went-too-far

> Using a programme codenamed Tempora, it can store and analyse voice recordings, the content of emails, entries on Facebook, the use of websites as well as the "metadata" which records who has contacted who. The programme is shared with GCHQ's American partner, the National Security Agency.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/22/gchq-internet-snooping-kafkaesque

> If you think GCHQ spying revelations don't matter, it's time to think again
> 
> The revelations about GCHQ confirm that what once looked like science fiction is now an everyday reality


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