The extent to which governments spy on their citizens was revealed last year when US intelligence agency whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked a load of documents to a number of newspapers.
He revealed that there were a number of
sophisticated tools that the US and UK spy agencies use to collect data -
relating to phone calls, text messages, emails, Skype calls and social
media messages - on a mass scale.One of the most worrying aspects of the revelations was that large technology companies that provide communications services - including Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook were offering spooks “backdoor” access to their customers’ data.
In addition to this, technology companies such as Apple also have to give police access to individuals’ devices or accounts if they are suspected of committing a serious crime and if the police have a warrant.
People who have had their phones stolen can also get police to make this sort of request to Apple.
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