Revelations from the United Kingdom (UK): The daily news of Greek society has now included the news of immigrants and refugees. We will not follow the "fashion" of the media but we will give a new dimension to the social problem.
The Guardian newspaper revealed yesterday that officers of the United Kingdom (UK) have carried out hacking in phones of refugees who have entered the country in the last three years. Many of these people are also victims of torture.
Immigration Secretary James Brokenshire told the Guardian that officers "can use the power of law to investigate and prevent serious crimes committed by immigrants or citizenship offenses, and have been doing so since 2013."
Although the above statement sounds pretty convincing to the ears of peaceful citizens, Cristal Amiss, of the Black Women's Rape Action Project, stated:
“These powers are infuriating. People in custody have a right to privacy, to be able to speak privately with their lawyer and to disclose often very sensitive information. information, such as details of a rape, torture, domestic violence and abuse of power by employees. They need to be able to share personal information without their phones being hacked.”
The UK government is using legislation that has been in existence for the last 20 years to have legal coverage in its actions, which has also been criticized as a use of obsolete legislation aimed at facilitating espionage in 21 century.
Jimmy Carter had said:
"The measure of a society is in how it treats its weakest and most helpless citizens"
With this assumption, there are too many governments in the civilized Europe that will feel so well.
And if you are one of those who think the issue is not about you, think that in order to force technology companies to give access to encryption, none of us are safe.