30 May: A proposal by GCHQ that they should be allowed to access any encrypted message has met with a united and negative response from Google, Apple and forty-five other major tech companies who form the Open Technology Institute. The proposal, known as the “Ghost Protocol”, was originally contained in …
We have written elsewhere about what a pain in the neck having official visitors to an intelligence agency can be. Now the UK has taken this idea to an extreme. In a press release dated 7 April, Buckingham Palace revealed that heir to the throne, Prince William, had spent three …
As part of its outreach programme to young people, GCHQ has funded an exhibition at London’s Science Museum. The exhibition is also part of GCHQ’s centenary celebrations. The exhibition will feature items celebrating GCHQ’s history together with activities designed to promote recruitment – especially of young women. The exhibition opens …
GCHQ has announced that it has closed its office in Palmer Street, London. The site had been in use since 1953 and provided a London base for the agency that has its headquarters in Cheltenham. This was necessary because most of the agencies GCHQ liaises with are in London. The …