Phantom Parrot review cautionary tale of state surveillance and the war on privacy
Briefly

Kate Stonehill's film is about the more old-fashioned subject of state surveillance and specifically the existence of a disquieting new programme in the UK nicknamed Phantom Parrot: the practice of remote spying on mobile phone use.
That legislation was brought in before the smartphone was invented, but means that officers can demand detainees hand over their PINs and passcodes to all devices on pain of prosecution and a three-month prison sentence.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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