GCHQ, terrorists, and the internet: What are the issues?
Found on BBC News on Tuesday, 04 November 2014
GCHQ boss Robert Hannigan has warned that US technology companies have become the "command and control" network for terrorists.
He is also unhappy about plans to offer greater encryption for online communications.
As security expert Alan Woodward, who has advised GCHQ in the past, puts it: "If someone encrypts communications, it is difficult to unscramble without the key. The real concern is that the security services will end up blind."
They really need a security "expert" to tell them that encrypted data cannot be easily decrypted? What's the next advice? If citizens lock the doors to their houses, it's harder to get inside for thieves without the key? Nobody can take the claims and fear mongering from the GCHQ and NSA serious anymore after all that has been revealed.