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Silverlining ago

George was saying the Awans were selling surveillance capability to the Middle East.

Up pops this in the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/15/bae-mass-surveillance-technology-repressive-regimes

Looks like everyone is at it.

“You would be able to intercept any internet traffic. If you wanted to do a whole country, go ahead. You would probably need something to narrow your search down, either by a specific person, a specific email address, specific IP address or specific keywords to search for.”

The individual said the technology – which has been called Evident – can be used to pinpoint people’s location based on the data emitted by their mobile phones.

[Handy for drone attacks, too!]