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Edward Snowden Leaks Could Help Paedophiles Escape Police, Says UK Government

Posted by samzenpus on from the root-of-all-evil dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Paedophiles may escape detection because highly-classified material about Britain's surveillance capabilities have been published by the Guardian newspaper, the UK government has claimed. A senior Whitehall official said data stolen by Edward Snowden, a former contractor to the US National Security Agency, could be exploited by child abusers and other cyber criminals. It could also put lives at risk by disclosing secrets to terrorists, insurgents and hostile foreign governments, he said."

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  1. Re:I read this on Techdirt: by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 5, Informative

    You might also want to read up on J Edgar Hoover.

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  2. Re:I read this on Techdirt: by datavirtue · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sociopaths are, for the most part, charming. The ones who do not get thrown in prison or institutionalized have adapted to demonstrate the proper behavior at the right time, simply to get what they want.

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  3. Re:Oh christ... by SirGarlon · · Score: 5, Informative

    In the US at least, all children are covered and have been for a long time.

    Not according to the US Census Bureau (see page 24). Somebody lied to you.

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