GCHQ boss warns China can rewrite 'the global operating system' in its own authoritarian image

Brit spymaster calls for renewed attention to UK tech capabilities – and expanded role for his agency

The director of the UK’s signals intelligence agency has delivered a speech in which he contemplated power in the digital age, observed that “China’s size and technological weight means that it has the potential to control the global operating system,” and hinted at an expanded role for the agency he leads as one way to fight back.…

from The Register