NSA Can Reportedly Spy On Your Smartphone
The NSA spying scandal is far from over, as new reports emerged that the U.S. intelligence gathering agency has cracked security codes protecting all major smartphones. German weekly Der Spiegel reported that both the National Intelligence Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have set up special teams to spy on smartphone users, as part of their efforts to obtain info on any potential security threats. The German publication quoted internal documents of both agencies, which revealed that special so far, their efforts focused on cracking the protective measures on BlackBerry, Android and iPhone devices. Special teams were set up for each type of device and they collected information such as contacts, lists of calls, text messaging traffic, location and others. But the documents obtained by Der Spiegel do not contain any indication of mass surveillance of smartphone users. They hint that the techniques were only used to spy on specific individuals, according to the Germa...