Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQ

Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQ March 5, 2014

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• 1.8m users targeted by UK agency in six-month period alone

• Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk

• Yahoo: ‘A whole new level of violation of our users’ privacy’

• Material included large quantity of sexually explicit images

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