Tuesday, November 19, 2013

End to privacy? Western firms hawk mass surveillance technology to developing world

>>  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/06/29/GA2010062904907.html

A Jewish boy lifts his hand to prevent a Palestinian from taking his picture near a police barrier cordoning off a building the day after Israeli police evicted Jewish settlers who occupied it in the West Bank city of Hebron April 5, 2012. Israeli police evicted Jewish settlers on Wednesday from the building they said they had bought from a Palestinian in the heart of Hebron, a frequent flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.(Reuters / Ammar Awad)
November 19, 2013,  A Jewish boy lifts his hand to prevent a Palestinian from taking his picture near a police barrier cordoning off a building the day after Israeli police evicted Jewish settlers who occupied it in the West Bank city of Hebron April 5, 2012. Israeli police evicted Jewish settlers on Wednesday from the building they said they had bought from a Palestinian in the heart of Hebron, a frequent flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.(Reuters / Ammar Awad)

Human rights groups are sounding alarms as Western firms sell mass surveillance technology in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, equipping governments and companies new capabilities to snoop on citizens.

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  1. UnknownNovember 19, 2013 at 4:34 PM

    Anna Chapman came to the United States of America and her power to be the best spy ever is measured in the divorce of Vladimir Putin?! Great trespass in the world of surveillance into sophistication not matched to-date.

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