Vodafone says 6 nations have “direct access” to spy on its customers
Found on Ars Technica on Friday, 06 June 2014
"In a small number of countries, the law dictates that specific agencies and authorities must have direct access to an operator's network, bypassing any form of operational control over lawful interception on the part of the operator," the report said.
Vodafone also noted ominously that “several countries empower agencies and authorities to require the disclosure of the encryption ‘keys’ needed to decrypt data. Non-compliance is a criminal offense."
A year after Snowden showed the world how much out of control the spying has gone, countries still have not learned.