Immigration officers allowed to hack phones
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/10/immigration-officials-can-hack-refugees-phones
Home Office granted powers to snoop on detention centre refugees three years ago by amendment to 20-year-old Police Act Immigration officials have been permitted to hack the phones of refugees and asylum seekers, including rape and torture victims, for the past three years. The revelation has sparked outrage among civil rights groups and campaigners for rape victims, who said that it was distressing that the British government had rolled out powers that could target some of the most (...)