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GCHQ, NSA Collect Webcam Images of Yahoo Users

The data keeps pouring in. Ever thought about covering your laptop or tablet webcam with a tiny sliver of black tape? GCHQ, Britain's surveillance agency, along with the U.S. National Security Agency, intercepted and stored webcam images of millions of Internet users not suspected of wrongdoing, per The Guardian. During six months in 2008, the agency collected webcam imagery from more than 1.8 million Yahoo user accounts globally.

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