A letter blowing the whistle on alleged police hacking shows we’re all at risk | Jenny Jones
by Jenny Jones from Technology | The Guardian on (#2GPYN)
The whistleblower lists damning claims of spying on innocent individuals by a secretive Scotland Yard unit. It's now vital that we hold the police to account
As the only Green party peer I receive a lot of post to my office in the House of Lords. Rarely, though, do I open letters like the one that has been revealed. The anonymous writer alleged that there was a secretive unit within Scotland Yard that has used hackers to illegally access the emails of campaigners and journalists. It included a list of 10 people and the passwords to their email accounts.
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