The Washington Post reports on the U.S. National Security Agency’s (NSA) gathering of nearly five billion records per day on cellphone locations around the world. According to documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the documents’ details are stored in a vast database, and new tools to analyse the data have resulted in mass surveillance as the agency is capable of tracing cellphones globally and retracing movements. Meanwhile, civil liberties groups in Australia are calling for “sweeping changes” to limit warrantless phone and e-mail surveillance, and The Guardian reports Snowden documents indicate Australia offered to share intelligence with its intelligence partners. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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