Author Topic: Shocking: How Western High-Tech Firms Are Secretly Helping Iranian Mullahs Spy On Iranian Activists  (Read 1370 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Free Vulcan

  • Technical
  • *****
  • Posts: 23,683
  • Gender: Male
  • Ah, the air is so much fresher here...
The Iranian government’s decision to shut down social media apps in the wake of countrywide protests is only the latest chapter in the Islamic regime’s use of internet technologies to secretly monitor and repress dissidents.

Since 2009, Iran’s mullahs have mastered the surveillance capabilities of the internet and smart phones, in large part due to critical help they’ve received from western telecom companies, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation.

Their technical help permits Iranian authorities to read emails and text messages, track online activity as well as tap phone calls and monitor the movement of activists with their smart phones, according to Reporters Without Borders.

Read more at: http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/02/shocking-how-western-high-tech-firms-are-secretly-helping-iranian-mullahs-spy-on-iranian-activists/
The Republic is lost.