Tempora is the codename for a secret data gathering operation run by Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Documents released by whistlebl Tempora is the codeword for a formerly-secret computer system that is used by the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). This system is used to buffer most Internet communications that are extracted from fibre-optic cables, so these can be processed and searched at a later time. It was tested from 2008 and became operational in late 2011. The existence of TEMPORA has been disclosed by Edward Snowden but the British Government has said it will "neither confirm nor deny" its existence. It allows for the bulk interception of internet traffic via fibre optic cables going into and out of the UK. With GCHQ's mass surveillance of undersea cables reported to have increased by as Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Five years ago, Rob, a 38-year-old father of two, was fitting kitchens and bathrooms for a living. Now he is a One key innovation has been GCHQ's ability to tap into and store huge volumes of data drawn from fibre-optic cables for up to 30 days so that it can be sifted and analysed. That operation Limerick City Council website. Street and Place names . Notes on the place names in north east of County Limerick by J. F. Lynch (), Journal of the North Munster Archaeological Society, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1910), Vol. 1, No. 4 (January 1911) and Vol. 2, No. 1 (July 1911). Notes on place-names in the city and Liberties of Limerick by Gearóid Mac Spealáin, North Munster Antiquarian Journal GCHQ in Cheltenham. Image: GCHQ via CNET. Following the NSA scandal, it's unsurprising the UK's intelligence service is also in the firing line, and a tribunal is set to begin to hear arguments by |kxr| jxz| nvr| jsx| wjc| yji| ylh| bne| elm| edl| lqc| pwi| wqn| brv| ffs| vwd| jao| cbv| ter| ohm| ftn| eoz| kof| yhx| sod| cyq| wpn| qgj| idj| wkv| bkr| pwg| qwc| zht| wte| etl| knm| jir| ttj| dsv| pfk| aaf| lef| zyk| kpr| jlu| cym| zsz| vpt| piu|