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American companies are supplying technology that the governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are using to spy on their citizens’ communications and clamp down on dissent, according to a new report ( https://www.privacyinternational.org/sites/privacyinternational.org/files/downloads/press-releases/privateinterests.pdf ) [PDF] from the UK-based advocacy group Privacy International.
Verint Systems, a manufacturer of surveillance systems headquartered in Melville, N.Y., has sold software and hardware to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that is capable of mass interception of telephone, mobile, and Internet networks, the group alleged in its Nov. 20 report. It also provided the training and technical support needed to run them, the report said.
Verint, which claims customers in 180 nations, in turn sought decryption technology made by a firm in California, Netronome, as it helped the Uzbek government attempt to crack the encryption used by Gmail, Facebook, and other popular sites, according to the report.
http://time.com/3598431/uzbekistan-kazakstan-online-privacy-verint/
(Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday November 23 2014, @06:20AM
Lets get them to stop selling equipment to our own government to spy on us before we worry about others.
The equipment probably has back doors for the NSA, and getting it installed (even if by tyrants in other lands is probably what the NSA should focus their attention on.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by mtrycz on Sunday November 23 2014, @04:27PM
As a non american, fuck you, I'm tired of your shit.
In capitalist America, ads view YOU!