British Government Spied on YouTube, Facebook Users

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British Government Spied on YouTube, Facebook Users


A British government agency, under a covert spying program code-named Squeaky Dolphin, monitored and collected user information from YouTube and Facebook users without those companies’ knowledge or consent, NBC News has reported.
The NBC News report was based on National Security Agency documents, obtained through former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The information in the docs was provided by Glenn Greenwald, the former columnist for U.K. newspaper The Guardian who was first contacted by Snowden in late 2012 and later provided him with thousands of classified documents.
According to NBC News, Facebook and Google reps said the companies were unaware the British government was collecting such data and that they had not given permission to do so.
“We have long been concerned about the possibility of this kind of snooping, which is why we have continued to extend encryption across more and more Google services and links,” Google said in a statement. “We do not provide any government, including the U.K. government, with access to our systems. These allegations underscore the urgent need for reform of government surveillance practices.”
The section in question, called “Psychology A New Kind of SIGDEV” (Signals Development), allegedly spells out “Broad real-time monitoring of online activity” of YouTube videos, URLs “liked” on Facebook, and Blogspot/Blogger visits. For example, the British officials showed their U.S. counterparts how they retrieved trend information from YouTube, Facebook and blog posts on Feb. 13, 2012, a day before an anti-government protest in Bahrain, NBC News reported, citing the documents.
The General Communications Headquarters, the U.K. agency that tapped into YouTube and Facebook, said in a statement that it was operating within the law. “All of GCHQ’s work is carried out in accordance with a strict legal and policy framework,” the agency said in a statement to NBC News.
One source close to Google told NBC News they were “shocked” to learn the U.K. government was monitoring its YouTube data


http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/british...01073070/#

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[RageBeoulve]

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[ZEGH8578]

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[RageBeoulve]

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[RageBeoulve]

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[ZEGH8578]

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[skyblue1]

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People: FOR REAL!? :O

Yep. Except billy mays. He really DID make the impossible possible.

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[ZEGH8578]

ALL advertisement: Come buy our product - we will give you more than what it's worth, yes! YOU come out the winner, here! That is how alturistic we are

People: FOR REAL!? :O

Yep. Except billy mays. He really DID make the impossible possible.

Is that the loud guy trying to push those car-paint-pens on me? VERTICAL SCRATCHES! HORIZONTAL SCRATCHES! DEEP SCRATCHES! LONG SCRATCHES! THE SUPER DUPER MARKER COVERS THEM ALL! WATCH!!!
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[RageBeoulve]

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[skyblue1]

ALL advertisement: Come buy our product - we will give you more than what it's worth, yes! YOU come out the winner, here! That is how alturistic we are

People: FOR REAL!? :O

Yep. Except billy mays. He really DID make the impossible possible.

Is that the loud guy trying to push those car-paint-pens on me? VERTICAL SCRATCHES! HORIZONTAL SCRATCHES! DEEP SCRATCHES! LONG SCRATCHES! THE SUPER DUPER MARKER COVERS THEM ALL! WATCH!!!
That actually was pretty cool!

'cept it doesnt really work as well as on TV

It didn't really work all that well on TV either, for that matter. It seemed like all it did was apply a wax-like transparent substance, that helped reflect the color from the sides of the scratch, to "cover up", or something.

I always felt those infomercials reeked of desperation "for the love of god, buy our corny product!", they are like, the slightly more successful retarded brother of spam-mail

I did manage to repair a large scratch on my truck with Scratch Doctor.  Surprised me . It was a deep scratch.

[RageBeoulve]

ALL advertisement: Come buy our product - we will give you more than what it's worth, yes! YOU come out the winner, here! That is how alturistic we are

People: FOR REAL!? :O

Yep. Except billy mays. He really DID make the impossible possible.

Is that the loud guy trying to push those car-paint-pens on me? VERTICAL SCRATCHES! HORIZONTAL SCRATCHES! DEEP SCRATCHES! LONG SCRATCHES! THE SUPER DUPER MARKER COVERS THEM ALL! WATCH!!!
That actually was pretty cool!

'cept it doesnt really work as well as on TV

It didn't really work all that well on TV either, for that matter. It seemed like all it did was apply a wax-like transparent substance, that helped reflect the color from the sides of the scratch, to "cover up", or something.

I always felt those infomercials reeked of desperation "for the love of god, buy our corny product!", they are like, the slightly more successful retarded brother of spam-mail

I did manage to repair a large scratch on my truck with Scratch Doctor.  Surprised me . It was a deep scratch.

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[Gopher Gary]

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[ZEGH8578]

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[Gopher Gary]

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