Because security > freedom - Sim card database

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/...es-hacking

Sim card database hack gave US and UK spies access to billions of cellphones
International row likely after revelations of breach that could have given NSA and GCHQ the power to monitor a large portion of world’s cellular communications

American and British spies hacked into the world’s largest sim card manufacturer in a move that gave them unfettered access to billions of cellphones around the globe and looks set to spark another international row into overreach by espionage agencies.

The National Security Agency (NSA) and its British equivalent GCHQ hacked into Gemalto, a Netherlands sim card manufacturer, stealing encryption keys that allowed them to secretly monitor both voice calls and data, according to documents newly released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The breach, revealed in documents provided to The Intercept, gave the agencies the power to secretly monitor a large portion of the world’s cellular communications, which experts said violated international laws.

Fuck the NSA and the GCHQ. Oh and apparently fuck privacy, I'm going to start coding my text messages.

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This goes both ways though. While we have less privacy groups like wikileaks and various internet hacking groups also reveal what the governments around the world are doing far more than ever before.