UK’s Draconian GCHQ Given Unimpeachable Powers To Hack, Track And Steal Data From Citizens

• What we are witnessing is the setting up of the Global Surveillance Militarized-Police State –> ‘666’, run by western Illuminist intelligence agencies: NSA, GCHQ, CIA … .
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• UK’s Draconian GCHQ Given Unimpeachable Powers To Hack, Track And Steal Data From Citizens
  by Brandon Hill, http://hothardware.com/
  If you thought that United States intelligence and law enforcement agencies around the country were incredibly adamant about spying on its citizens (going to extreme lengths to do so), you haven’t seen anything yet. Across the pond, the Campaigners Privacy International filed a formal complaint against the UK’s GCHQ, levying claims that the agency’s efforts to hack the devices of ordinary citizens was unlawful.
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  However, not only did the GCHQ acknowledge that it was involved in a widespread hacking campaign (reversing previous denials on the matter), but the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) actually condoned the actions, which it calls Computer Network Exploitation (CNE), and deemed them lawful. As the BBC notes, the GCHQ is given full authority to “remotely activate cameras and microphones on devices, without the owner’s knowledge, log keystrokes, install malware, copy documents and track locations.”
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  The tribunal went on to add, “It has been accepted that any CNE operations which are carried out by GCHQ are conducted in such a way as to minimize the risk of leaving target devices open to exploitation by others.”
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  So the GCHQ is free to hack away as long as whatever exploits they use don’t open victims up to additional attacks from other malicious parties. This seems like a rather dubious justification, and the violation of privacy against what could very well be innocent citizens is downright alarming.
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  The tribunal further justifies the GCHQ’s actions, writing:
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