#publisher Metro » Smartphone and email users ‘under mass surveillance’, claims Julian Assange Comments Feed alternate alternate Metro WordPress.com [tr?id=1522229268091476&ev=PageView&noscript=1] IFRAME: //www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NX8Q6N This site uses cookies. By continuing, your consent is assumed. Learn more News... but not as you know it 68.3m shares Trending Nutshell * Home * News + UK + World + Weird + Tech * Sport + Football + Oddballs + Club Metro + Transfer news + Viral videos * Entertainment + Showbiz + TV + Film + Music + Gaming + Celebrity Big Brother + Soaps * Lifestyle + Sex + Fashion + Food + Travel * More + Lifestyle + Blogs + Competitions + Jobs + Property * Search Metro * Follow us Smartphone and email users ‘under mass surveillance’, claims Julian Assange [icon-news-2.png?w=40&h=40&crop=1] Metro Tech Reporter for Metro.co.ukFriday 2 Dec 2011 1:09 pm WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said smartphone and email users are ‘screwed’ because of a ‘mass surveillance industry’. Smartphone and email users ‘under mass surveillance’, claims Julian Assange WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a news conference in central London that his website is releasing new documents as an ‘attack on this mass surveillance industry’ (Picture: AP) WikiLeaks has listed 150 organisations it claims can use phones as tracking devices, as well as intercept messages and listen to calls. The telecommunications information gathered is then sold, Assange said. The procedures are lawful but is leading to a ‘totalitarian surveillance state’, he added. ‘Who here has an iPhone? Who here has a BlackBerry? Who here uses Gmail? You’re all screwed’, he told a press conference at City University. ‘The reality is, intelligence contractors are selling right now to countries across the world mass surveillance systems for all those products.’ He claimed the UK, US, Australia, South Africa and Canada are involved in developing ‘spying systems’, and equipment is being sold to ‘dictators and democracies alike in order to intercept entire populations’. Assange said WikiLeaks was releasing 287 documents about these companies in conjunction with website spyfiles.org as an ‘attack on this mass surveillance industry’. He added that his website is ‘shining a light on this secret industry that has boomed since September 11, 2001 and is worth billions of dollars per year’. More * [sl-car-texts.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C899px%2C675px&resize=480%2C 360&quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75] Threatening car tells its driver, ' I will s**t fury all over you and you will drown in it' * [comp_snapchat.jpg?crop=68px%2C0px%2C1066px%2C799px&resize=480 %2C360&quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75] Student sets up freshers' Snapchat, is quickly flooded with nudes * [iphone1.jpg?crop=30px%2C0px%2C1067px%2C799px&resize=480%2C360 &quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75] iPhone 7 leaks: Is this what the new handset will look like? * [1233.png?w=100&h=75&crop=1] World's 'most wanted man' found working at Subway metres from police station * [czvetq2wqaekozz.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75 &crop=1] We can all respect this woman's devotion to proper grammar * [ad_193883569.jpg?crop=0px%2C5px%2C2500px%2C1875px&resize=480% 2C360&quality=80&strip=all&w=100&h=75] This is the red trigger that launches Britain's nuclear weapons * MORE: Julian Assange to face rape charge in Sweden after extradition appeal fails * MORE: Julian Assange rallies protesters at Occupy London Stock Exchange gathering * MORE: Julian Assange: I might be a chauvinist pig, but I’m not a rapist Comments Must read (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) (BUTTON) What's trending now More trending stories » 1. There's a vacancy for your dream job: Lego is hiring model builders There's a vacancy for your dream job: Lego is hiring model builders 2. Here’s why people are changing their Facebook profile to childhood pics Here’s why people are changing their Facebook profile to childhood pics 3. Home Office announces new language test for migrants, spells 'language' wrong Home Office announces new language test for migrants, spells 'language' wrong 4. This is the ideal number of people to sleep with This is the ideal number of people to sleep with 5. Bedroom Tax claims another victim as mum found hanged with note to David Cameron Bedroom Tax claims another victim as mum found hanged with note to David Cameron More trending stories » YOU ARE HERE: Tech * Home * News * Sport * Lifestyle * Entertainment * More + Blogs + Jobs * Search Metro Trending Nutshell MetroUK @MetroUK © 2016 Associated Newspapers Limited Powered by WordPress.com VIP Your ad choices Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicySite map Back to top Get us in your feed Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter [p?c1=2&c2=6034964&cv=2.0&cj=1]