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UK Government bans iPads from Cabinet meetings over surveillance fears [View all]
The UK Government has banned iPads from its Cabinet meetings over fears that the devices could be used as bugs in the confidential meetings.
The Telegraph has reported that Cabinet ministers have been issued with “soundproof lead-lined boxes, which they must place their mobiles in when having sensitive conversations”.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has admitted that his mobile phone has been ”modified” by intelligence service GCHQ to “prevent foreign powers bugging it.”
He said: “I think my phone has been modified by GCHQ enough that it'd be difficult, but I'm sure the Chinese have had a good go."
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/11/04/uk-government-bans-ipads-cabinet-meetings-over-surveillance-fears
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