UK firm's surveillance kit 'used to crush Uganda opposition'
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Re: UK firm's surveillance kit 'used to crush Uganda opposition'
#2For reference, Gamma Group are a well known bunch of evil bastards in the UK. Nothing they do is considered honorable. Literally nothing. They also pretty much have a license to do what the hell they like under government mandate as a lot of things they do are actually pretty much illegal if someone founded a startup to do it today.
It says everything about the place when I had my CV put forward by an agent a few years ago for a "high tech position" in the "expanding data sector". Wouldn't reveal who it was to start with due to an NDA. Moment I got told who it was, it was "fuck off". And you know what I got stick from the agent for actually having some ethics. Clearly it's not common these days otherwise outfits like that wouldn't have any staff.
Then again they seem to groom people without experience or understanding of exactly what they do at university job fairs.
I await my bag and tag for criticising them.
Re: UK firm's surveillance kit 'used to crush Uganda opposition'
#3Such software should be classified as arms for export purposes.
Re: UK firm's surveillance kit 'used to crush Uganda opposition'
#4I'm a British citizen, how can we stop this from happening again.
I don't think writing a letter to my MP is going to change anything since I write very often (yearly, since snowden) about surveillance, and nothing changes.
Re: UK firm's surveillance kit 'used to crush Uganda opposition'
#5I'm a British citizen, how can we stop this from happening again. I don't think writing a letter to my MP is going to change anything since I write very often (yearly, since snowden) about surveillance, and nothing changes.
I think the only person who might come near to being able and willing to do anything about this is Labour deputy leader Tom Watson. Obviously nothing will be done about it under a conservative government.
You can donate to Privacy International, who are at least promoting awareness of the issue.
Re: UK firm's surveillance kit 'used to crush Uganda opposition'
#6The software seems kind of irrelevant to me. They recently arrested the main opposition and threw them in jail on trumped up charges. You don't need software for that.
>Police arrested the country’s main opposition leader and a dozen other officials from his party in dawn raids on Thursday, as President Yoweri Museveni scaled up efforts to thwart a mounting challenge to his three-decade rule.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ugandan-opposition-leader-kizza-...
Re: UK firm's surveillance kit 'used to crush Uganda opposition'
#7Such software should be classified as arms for export purposes.
Would you say the same about Metasploit or Wireshark? If not, where do you suggest the line be drawn?
Re: UK firm's surveillance kit 'used to crush Uganda opposition'
#8I don't think the technology, and who sold it to whom, is the real story here. We all know that the NSA and GCHQ have similar capabilities. I imagine China, Russia and several other states do too. The point is, this power will corrupt.
Consider this quote:
> people deemed dangerous to state security like government officials and opposition politicians are being surveilled
What happens if Labour look likely to win the election and someone decides Jeremy Corbyn is "dangerous to state security" because he opposes renewing Trident. What institutions exist to ensure that he can't be surveilled?
Re: UK firm's surveillance kit 'used to crush Uganda opposition'
#9I don't think the technology, and who sold it to whom, is the real story here. We all know that the NSA and GCHQ have similar capabilities. I imagine China, Russia and several other states do too. The point is, this power will corrupt. Consider this quote: > people deemed dangerous to state security like government officials and opposition politicians are being surveilled What happens if Labour look likely to win the…
This has likely happened before during the cold war when there were concerns that communists had infiltrated the Labour party. Harold Wilson famously believed he was being spied on throughout his term as prime minister
Re: UK firm's surveillance kit 'used to crush Uganda opposition'
#10I don't think the technology, and who sold it to whom, is the real story here. We all know that the NSA and GCHQ have similar capabilities. I imagine China, Russia and several other states do too. The point is, this power will corrupt. Consider this quote: > people deemed dangerous to state security like government officials and opposition politicians are being surveilled What happens if Labour look likely to win the…
What institutions exist to ensure that he can't be surveilled?
Realistically, none. It's probably contrary to ECHR - mass surveillance definitely is - but that makes little difference. We're almost back to the days of A Very British Coup. There have already been generals threatening this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241904/We-won-t-sta...