UK, US spies stored millions of Yahoo webcam images

WASHINGTON, D.C.: United States (US) senators said British and American spy agencies showed a “breathtaking lack of respect” for privacy after reports they had intercepted and stored images from webcams used by millions of Yahoo users.

Files from Britain’s communications spy agency GCHQ leaked by former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden revealed how the Optic Nerve program collected still images of webcam chats regardless of whether individual users were suspects or not, the Guardian newspaper reported.