Hannigan’s remarks, published in an opinion piece for the Financial Times (FT) on Monday, reflect growing tension in many Western intelligence agencies, as tech giants have started protecting their brands following revelations made by Edward Snowden last year regarding the extent of US and UK mass surveillance. “However much they dislike it, they have become the command and control networks of choice for terrorists and criminals, who find their services as transformational as the rest of us,” writes Hannigan, who came to GCHQ from the Foreign Office and is a relative outsider to the Cheltenham spooks. Hannigan says he...
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