In June,The Guardianreportedthat Tempora—the notice modulethatis radicallythe UK’s chronicleof PRISM—was drumminginto undersea fiber-optic linesto entrance large amountsof emails, social-media posts, video chats,andother online data.On Friday,the German journalSüddeutschepublished thenewstorythat claims Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) executedthe espionage modulewiththehelpof Verizon, BT,and Vodafone.Inthe process,these telecommunications companiesand othershave reportedly sincethe UK comprehension group unlimited entrancetothe interpretationthat passes bytheir fiber-optic cables.

Süddeutsche’ssourceforallthis? Documentsitsayswere grantedby Edward Snowden,the former National Security Agency (NSA) executive at the back ofthe PRISM leaks.The papersare reportedlyfrom 2009and list Verizon, BT,and Vodafoneas receivingpartin Tempora alongwithother UK telecom companies Global Crossing, Level 3, Viatel,and Interoute. Eachofthe companies—which work pass fiber-optic cablesthat crankythe sea building— declinedto criticismtoThe Guardianon Temporaortheir purported partnershipwiththe GCHQ. Accordingtothe UK publication, interpretation picked upin Temporais common in betweenthe GCHQandthe NSA.The Guardianhasalso formerly reportedthat,in furtherto huge amountsof web data, Temporaalso interceptssome 600 million“telephone events”every day.