Britain Code-Names Its Domestic Spying Program ‘Karma Police’

Not only it is code-named ‘Karma Police,’ it also knows exactly how many times you’ve listened to the song.

The spying surveillance infrastructure, shrouded in secrecy for more than seven years, has now amassed an estimated one trillion records involving personal browsing histories, text messages, emails, and raunchy porn videos viewing habits.  According to details disclosed by the Intercept using details spilled by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, those records are then used to generate patterns, and identify potentially ‘suspicious’ activity.<!–/*
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The program, which closely mirrors surveillance activities of the US-based NSA, was shrouded in secrecy within the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (pictured at top).

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Source: Industry News