New documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal the crucial role of a Vodafone-owned company in wiretapping of undersea cables for massive surveillance. GCHQ paid Cable & Wireless more than 5 million ($9 million) as part of an annual lease for GCHQ to access the undersea cable. The cables were installed in an undisclosed UK location and backhauleded to Bude, in the technical language of the communications industry. The data collected would include content from online messages, browsing sessions, VOIP calls and emails.”]
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