November 21, 2013

Surveillance Systems Being Sold Worldwide


[From article]
Private firms are selling spying tools and mass surveillance technologies to developing countries with promises that "off the shelf" equipment will allow them to snoop on millions of emails, text messages and phone calls, according to a cache of documents published on Monday.
The papers show how firms, including dozens from Britain, tout the capabilities at private trade fairs aimed at offering nations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East the kind of powerful capabilities that are usually associated with government agencies such as GCHQ and its US counterpart, the National Security Agency.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/18/private-firms-mass-surveillance-technologies

Private firms selling mass surveillance systems around world, documents show
One Dubai-based firm offers DIY system similar to GCHQ's Tempora programme, which taps fibre-optic cables
Nick Hopkins and Matthew Taylor
The Guardian,
Monday 18 November 2013 16.42 EST

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