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Mr Sophistication posted an update 4 years, 11 months ago
An interesting article from Reuters (the least worst of the msm) on the Myanmar military regime’s use of telecom companies to spy on citizens.
“In the months before the Myanmar military’s Feb. 1 coup, the country’s telecom and internet service providers were ordered to install intercept spyware that would allow the army to eavesdrop on the communications of citizens, sources with direct knowledge of the plan told Reuters.
The technology gives the military the power to listen in on calls, view text messages and web traffic including emails, and track the locations of users without the assistance of the telecom and internet firms, the sources said.
The directives are part of a sweeping effort by the army to deploy electronic surveillance systems and exert control over the internet with the aim of keeping tabs on political opponents, squashing protests and cutting off channels for any future dissent, they added.
Decision makers at the civilian Ministry of Transport and Communications that delivered the orders were ex-military officials, according to one industry executive with direct knowledge of the plans and another briefed on the matter.
“They presented it as coming from the civilian government, but we knew the army would have control and were told you could not refuse,” the executive with direct knowledge said, adding that officials from the military-controlled Ministry of Home Affairs also sat in on the meetings.”
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It seems the Feb. 1 junta was panned well in advance in an attempt to found a surveillance state like that in China (whom supports the military regime).We all know that is possible to spy on citizens using telecom networks anywhere on earth. Here in the U.S. a warrant is supposed to be obtained but we all know about the Carter Page FISA warrant and the dozens of other FISA warrants with “critical errors and omissions” discussed in the IG Horowiz reports.
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