Articles & Analysis

Shortage of skilled professionals leaves UK vulnerable to cyber attacks - DMU 09.08.25 483991
Apple slams UK surveillance-bill proposals - BBC 20.07.2023 360765
GCHQ chief: western spy agencies must ‘pre-bunk’ disinformation - Guardian 29.12.22 327813
GCHQ’s mass data interception violated right to privacy, court rules - Guardian 25.05.21 246733
The Haystack review – brainy and brilliant GCHQ surveillance thriller - Guardian 07.02.20 216239
UK Mass Digital Surveillance Regime Ruled Illegal - Counterpunch 21.02.18 130589
Britannia Titanic – “UK Surveillance State More Suited to Dictatorship Than a Democracy” - Global Research Centre for Research on Globalization 27.04.17 130590
In Theresa May’s Britain, a proposed new ‘espionage act’ is alarming, but hardly surprising - Open Democracy 20.02.17 130591
Ex-GCHQ whistleblower attacks plans to extend dragnet of secrecy law – Guardian 13.02.17 130592
UK security agencies unlawfully collected data for 17 years, court rules – Guardian 17.10.16 130593
Report: Impacts of surveillance on contemporary British activism – Open Democracy 24.05.16 130594
Theresa May warns Yahoo that its move to Dublin is a security worry - Guardian, 20.03.14 130595
Public apathy over GCHQ snooping is a recipe for disaster - Guardian, 16.03.14 130596
If GCHQ wants to improve national security it must fix our technology - Guardian, 10.03.14 130597
Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQ - Guardian, 28.02.14 130598
GCHQ Revealed: Inside Her Majesty's Listening Service - Spiegel 27.02.14 130599
On the UK’s Equating of Journalism With Terrorism - Intercept, 19.02.14 130600
Why the Government must face up to Edward Snowden´s growing indictment of state surveillance - Independent, 31/01/14 130601
Huge swath of GCHQ mass surveillance is illegal, says top lawyer - Guardian 28.01.14 130602
Angry Birds and 'leaky' phone apps targeted by NSA and GCHQ for user data - Guardian 28.01.14 130603
Snowden docs reveal British spies snooped on YouTube and Facebook - NBC 28.01.14 130604
Martha Lane Fox: UK is 'woefully quiet' on Snowden revelations - Guardian, 14.01.14 130605
NSA and GCHQ activities appear illegal, says EU parliamentary inquiry - Guardian, 09.01.14 130606
Guardian wins Liberty award for articles about GCHQ and NSA spying 25.11.13 130607
US and UK struck secret deal to allow NSA to 'unmask' Britons' personal data - Guardian 20.11.13 130608
'Royal Concierge': GCHQ Monitors Diplomats' Hotel Bookings - Spiegel, 17.11.13 130609
British Press Freedom Under Threat - NY Times Editorial 14.11.13 130610
UK spies continue “quantum insert” attack via LinkedIn, Slashdot pages 10.11.13 130611
Spy agency chiefs defend surveillance – live - Guardian 07.11.13 130612
NSA leaks: UK government reaction eroding freedom, rights groups warn - Guardian 04.11.13 130613
Britain's response to the surveillance scandal should ring every alarm bell - Guardian 04.11.13 130614
UK cops officially detained David Miranda for thoughtcrime 03.11.13 130615
UK: Snowden reporter's partner involved in 'espionage' and 'terrorism' 01.11.13 130616
GCHQ and European spy agencies worked together on mass surveillance - Guardian 01.11.13 130617
Cameron says may act against press over spy leaks - Reuters, 28.10.13 130618
Leaked memos reveal GCHQ efforts to keep mass surveillance secret - Guardian 25.10.13 130619
Snowden leaks published by the Guardian were damaging to security, says Nick Clegg - Independent, 10.10.13 130620
The Snowden files: why the British public should be worried about GCHQ - Guardian 03.10.13 130621
Stephen Fry joins demand to end NSA and GCHQ mass surveillance - Guardian 24.09.13 130622
NSA activities at Menwith Hill - Guardian 22.09.13 130623
The readers' editor on… the Guardian's coverage of government surveillance - Guardian 22.09.13 130624
Edward Snowden has started a global debate. So why the silence in Britain? - Guardian 19.09.13 130625
Perhaps I'm out of step and Britons just don't think privacy is important - Guardian 07.09.13 130626
Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security - GUARDIAN 06.09.13 130627
Guardian partners with New York Times over Snowden GCHQ files 23.08.13 130628
Privacy International to challenge telecoms firms over GCHQ cooperation - Guardian 08.08.13 130629
GCHQ: inside the top secret world of Britain's biggest spy agency - Guardian 02.08.13 130630
Inquiry into snooping laws as committee clears GCHQ - Guardian 18.07.13 130631
Privacy campaigners demand review of snooping laws - Guardian 14.07.13 130632
The NSA/GCHQ metadata reassurances are breathtakingly cynical - Guardian 07.07.13 130633
Meet Prism's little brother: Socmint - WIRED 26.06.13 130634
We can use European law to challenge this spying - Guardian 23.06.13 130635
MI5 feared GCHQ went 'too far' over phone and internet monitoring - Guardian 22.06.13 130636
GCHQ monitoring described as a 'catastrophe' by German politicians - Guardian 22.06.13 130637
Netz-Spähsystem Tempora: Der ganz große britische Bruder - Spiegel 22.06.13 130638
GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world's communications - Guardian 21.06.13 130639
Mastering the internet: how GCHQ set out to spy on the world wide web - Guardian 21.06.13 130640
UK gathering secret intelligence via covert NSA operation - Guardian 07.06.13 130641