Posts Tagged: surveillance
Piggipedia: SS, banks, labor laws
With 11 years experience as the Head of Electronic Investigation Department at (Mubarak’s dissolved Gestapo) State Security Police, one accumulates enough experience to become a banker and an expert on labor law.
Read on »Western Mubaraks
Britain threatens to shut down social media sites, like Facebook and Twitter, or banning suspected “rioters” from using them. In New York, the “NYPD has formed a new unit to track troublemakers who announce plans or brag about their crimes on Twitter, MySpace and Facebook.” While in California: A rail transit provider in the United
Read on »Egypt’s #Jan25 telecommunication shutdown
Outrage over exoneration of Egypt telecom giants in communications shutdowns
To follow up on this posting, Ahram Online has a good report by Salma el-Wardani, where she reports on how telecommunication companies were not surprised by Mubarak’s orders to shut down services, as they first practiced shutdowns at the request of government officials during the 2008 Mahalla uprising.
Read on »Surveillance chiefs to remain in service
From SS Officers The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority NTRA has reshuffled its board, and guess what? Not only did SS General Rushdi el-Qamari keep his post, as the interior ministry’s representative on its board, but also Tarek Kamel, Mubarak’s infamous minister of telecommunication, has joined! You can find both their names on the official website
Read on »UK firm offered spying software to Egyptian SS
Gamma International’s Finfisher program would have enabled government spies to monitor activists and censor websites, according to documents obtained by activists after storming State Security Police headquarters in Nasr City: One of the papers, in English and headed Finfisher Proposal: Commercial Offer, contained an offer dated 29 June 2010 to provide “FinSpy” software, hardware, installation
Read on »SS General Mortada Ibrahim لواء أمن دولة مرتضى إبراهيم
From SS Officers One of the sets of photos I found on the Nasr City SS DVDs, was that of General Mortada Ibrahim. The general hails from a powerful Upper Egyptian family, accused by some of using the general’s influence to grab more land. From SS Officers General Ibrahim was promoted in 2004 to become
Read on »Egypt’s cyber-crackdown aided by US company
Can US activists hold protests against this company in California?
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