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The UK Is Hosting Cyber War Games In A Decommissioned Battleship
Wargames used to — and still often does — mean legions of tanks roaming across battlefields, and a bunch of soldiers playing make-believe with really big guns. These days, it’s all about corralling a bunch of nerds into an old tin can, and giving them a doomsday scenario straight out of 24.
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The UK Spying Agency Wants To Tell Kids How Great Encryption Is
Most of the time, when you hear about GCHQ, Britain’s answer to the NSA, it’s in the same sentence about mass surveillance or mobile phone hacking. But this time around, the Brit spies have made an app that teaches little kiddies how totally fantastic encryption is.
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A Secret Policy Lets The UK Suck Up Any Bulk NSA Data It Wants
As if having all that public data squirrelled away by the NSA wasn’t bad enough, a new report by Liberty UK reveals that Britain’s intelligence services can take any of it, whenever it wants, without a warrant.
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This Is Britain’s Ultra-Secret Middle East Spy Base
It’s emerged that Britain has an ultra-secret spy base in the Middle East which taps undersea cables running through the region. The Register reports that the base and its operations are”above-top-secret” and, despite being leaked by Edward Snowden, have until now remained under wraps.