Flutterby™! : Diplomats should know better, really...

Careful on trusting your certificates, kids! GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits by setting up dummy "internet cafe" networks.

The disclosure raises new questions about the boundaries of surveillance by GCHQ and its American sister organisation, the National Security Agency, whose access to phone records and internet data has been defended as necessary in the fight against terrorism and serious crime. The G20 spying appears to have been organised for the more mundane purpose of securing an advantage in meetings. Named targets include long-standing allies such as South Africa and Turkey.