Security News > 2020 > February > Departing MI5 chief: Break chat app crypto for us, kthxbai

British spies are once again stipulating that tech companies break their encryption so life is made easier for state-sponsored eavesdroppers.

The head of the domestic spy agency, Sir Andrew Parker, demanded that companies such as Facebook compromise the security of their messaging products so spies could read off the contents of messages at will.

In the interview, summarised by ITV itself as well as other news outlets, Sir Andrew also claimed that MI5 is not interested in the products of dragnet mass surveillance.

Having "Collected" everyone's online conversations and trawled through them for snippets of interest, GCHQ passes the highlights to MI5 and overseas UK spy agency MI6.

MI5 was found by a secretive British spy court in 2018 to have been breaking the law for years.

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https://go.theregister.co.uk/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/26/mi5_chief_itv_interview/