Companies making use of offshore secrecy include firm that supplied surveillance software used by repressive regimes

In the secretive world of surveillance technology, he goes just by his initials: MJM.

FinFisher, part of the British company Gamma, are purveyors of some of the most dangerous spying weapons currently used by states. OWNI, in partnership with WIkiLeaks, can reveal the full and troubling details of their operations. | OWNI.eu, News, Augmented

What has long been an EFF issue is once again making headlines. In recent days, the world is seeing damning reports of authoritarian regimes spying on their citizens using American- and European-made surveillance technologies, with new evidence emer...

Young dissidents in Egypt can't read this WSJ article about safety of online tools they use because of a stupid pay wall http://is.gd/9ija3T

LinkedIn profile of an ex-police officer.

German article saying that the sale of Trojan software is illegal in Germany http://is.gd/LGrQEI (article in German)

Internet surveillance equipment for millions of dollars.

Blackberry manufacturers confirmed it. But I don't understand why do they need to put software on your mobile to intercept, if they own the servers that these message pass through in the first place. To circumvent https/ssl encryption?

Last year, Nokia provided the state-owned Irantelecom with a "monitoring center," which enables the regime to tap phones, read e-mails, and watch over all kinds of electronic data transmission. Designed to help stop crime and terror, the new surveillance system appears to have enhanced the regime's ability to crack down on dissent. Last month, twelve women's rights activists were arrested at a private meeting that security forces likely learned about through intercepts. Another arrested dissident was recently confronted by interrogators with transcripts of his text messaging.

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created this Surveillance Self-Defense site to educate the American public about the law and technology of government surveillance in the United States, providing the information and tools necessary to evaluate the threat of surveillance and take appropriate steps to defend against it.

Vodafone Hands Data To Egyptian Police. (I am sure the two other providers did the same.)