UK spies can turn phones into bugs

British spies fighting Paris-style terror attacks deploy cyber-snooping technology that turns your smartphone into a mobile bug, privacy campaigners warned at a London trial into allegations that the UK tramples on citizens' rights. The technique, described as computer and network exploitation by Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, is so effective that having a smartphone is akin to "carrying around a bug with you", Ben Jaffey, a lawyer representing an advocacy group and nonprofit ...