How closely have the US telecommunications and technology companies been working with the NSA?
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
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.
Scotland Yard has said in a statement that their nine-hour detention of David Miranda, the boyfriend on Glenn Greenwald, was legally sound under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, but was it a misuse or abuse of powers?