BAE ’secretly sold mass surveillance technology to repressive regimes’
▻https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/15/bae-mass-surveillance-technology-repressive-regimes
Documents reveal official concerns that deal with countries including Saudi Arabia could put UK security in danger, says BBC BAE, Britain’s biggest arms company, secretly sold mass surveillance technology to six Middle Eastern governments that have been criticised for repressing their citizens, the BBC has reported. The sophisticated technology can be used to spy on a huge number of people’s emails and mobile phones, triggering accusations from human rights campaigners that it is being used (...)
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