Why are the intelligence agencies revealing their spying techniques? | Joshua Rozenberg

Now that the security services are allowed to record us through our phones, privacy has become impossible - unless we renounce modern telecoms

Legalised hacking in the UK now allows a third party to take control remotely of a phone's camera or microphone and record video and conversations taking place, the Guardian's Alan Travis reported this week. What's the point of Apple trying to encrypt its iPhones if the spooks can switch them on remotely and monitor what we are doing?

Until recently, the security services have gone to great lengths not to disclose their operational capabilities. If the bad guys know how their communications can be monitored, they'll look for other ways of exchanging information.

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