Britain's Spy Agency Faces Legal Challenge In European Court Over Online Privacy

GCHQ faces a court battle in the European Court of Human Rights over online privacy. (Reuters)

GCHQ Faces Legal Challenge In European Court Over Online Privacy -- The Guardian

Campaigners accuse British spy agency of breaching privacy of millions in UK and Europe via online surveillance.

The UK spy agency GCHQ is facing a legal challenge in the European courts over claims that its mass online surveillance programmes have breached the privacy of tens of millions of people across the UK and Europe.

Three campaign groups – Big Brother Watch, the Open Rights Group and English PEN – together with the German internet activist Constanze Kurz, have filed papers at the European court of human rights alleging that the collection of vast amounts of data, including the content of emails and social media messages, by Britain's spy agencies is illegal.

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GCHQ Creates 'Random' String Of 143 Letters In Mind-Boggling Test For Would-Be Spies

An online puzzle set by a crack team at GCHQ (above) is aimed at finding the next-generation of code-breakers

Could You Solve This Puzzle? GCHQ Creates 'Random' String Of 143 Letters In Mind-Boggling Test For Would-Be Spies -- Daily Mail

* The online puzzle aims to find the best brains to work at the spy agency
* A range of jobs are on offer with starting salaries from £26,000 to £60,000

Ever fancied having a crack at joining Britain’s elite cyber spies? Well now is your chance.

But for all those wanting to become a spy there is a mind-boggling puzzle that has been posted online by GCHQ, the Government’s top secret listening centre.

Entitled ‘Can You Find It?’, the brain-teaser consists of 29 blocks of five letters which candidates have to decipher into five answers.

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My Comment: I could not figure it out.

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Snowden's NSA Leaks Have Revealed A Secret British Listening Post In The Middle East

Information collected at the installation is sent to GCHQ's headquarters in Cheltenham (pictured) and shared with the National Security Agency in the US

Britain's Secret Listening Post Based In The Middle East Is Revealed In Snowden Leaks -- Daily Mail

* Site accesses web traffic by tapping into underwater fibre optic cables
* Operation is part of GCHQ scheme to monitor communications around world
* The exact location of the base has not been reported

Britain is operating a secret listening post based in the Middle East which collects emails, phone calls and web traffic on behalf of Western intelligence agencies, it has been reported.

The existence of the facility reportedly came to light following the leaks made by US fugitive Edward Snowden.

The site accesses web traffic by tapping into underwater fibre optic cables connecting the region to the internet. The location of the site has not been reported.

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