GCHQ intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users worldwide

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Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQ

• Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk• 1.8m users targeted by UK agency in six-month period alone• Yahoo: ‘A whole new level of violation of our users’ privacy’• Material included large quantity of sexually explicit images

via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo

• Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk
• 1.8m users targeted by UK agency in six-month period alone
• Yahoo: ‘A whole new level of violation of our users’ privacy’
• Material included large quantity of sexually explicit images