The NSA and GCHQ have reportedly cracked a number of technologies used on the internet to encrypt communications used in online banking, email, and storing medical records.
Algorithms can be manipulated by both the good guys and the bad guys
The internet is made up of cables that cross borders and connect beneath the oceans, as well as exchanges in locations across the globe, which leaves numerous points vulnerable to data collection and espionage by national and private entities.
The UK’s Independent newspaper published its first exclusive story on the NSA leaks, claiming that it is based upon “documents obtained from the NSA by Edward Snowden”, but Snowden denies the leak about a secret UK base in the Middle East was from him
With the UK government now defending its actions in detaining Glenn Greenwald’s partner, David Miranda, by abusing an anti-terrorist law, Miranda is now poised to fight back.