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In-flight communication monitored for years by US, UK secret services

Le Monde: Mobile phone activity on commercial airlines has been monitored by intelligence agencies NSA (US) and GCHQ (UK) Air France was a top target as of 2005. Data from voice, SMS, webmail, webchat, social networks, travel apps, Google Maps, Skype and others was collected in real time, as long as the aircraft was flying at 10,000 feet. The program could also detect PIN and emails on Blackberry phones. Air France held particular interest after the CIA labeled it a possible terrorist target since 2003.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/in-flight-communication-monitored-for-years-by-us-uk-secret-services/

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