PRISM and beyond: Is the government’s capture of public data spiralling out of control?
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Edward Snowden's revelations about PRISM and the GCHQ are the most high profile, but other supposed snooping initiatives such as the Communications Data Bill and mobile phones being seized at UK border controls suggest the government is creating a vast data repository that could hold "zettabytes" of data about citizens.
For some, reassurance from foreign secretary William Hague that "law-abiding" citizens have "nothing to fear" may be enough to dispel any worries.
But the government's capture of data goes far beyond simply tracking criminal activity, according to the executive director at the Open Rights Group (ORG), Jim Killock.
Killock believes that the UK's alleged Tempora programme of tapping and storing all transatlantic network traffic could mean that the government is able to find out enough about individual citizens to make political gains.
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/analysis/2285407/prism-and-beyond-is-the-government-s-capture-of-public-data-spiralling-out-of-control
