surveillance
Mohamed Salah’s villa in Cairo looted, police investigates
Egypt
March 13, 2023
Mohamed Salah’s villa in Cairo looted, police investigates
Detectives of Cairo Security Directorate are intensifying efforts to arrest perpetrators in the theft of the villa of Egypt international…
UK bans Chinese surveillance cameras from ‘sensitive’ sites
Technology
November 28, 2022
UK bans Chinese surveillance cameras from ‘sensitive’ sites
Hong Kong CNN Business — Hikvision, a leading Chinese surveillance company, has denied suggestions that it poses a threat to…
The AP Interview: Scientist says omicron was a group find
World
December 4, 2021
The AP Interview: Scientist says omicron was a group find
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Botswana scientist who may well have discovered the omicron variant of the coronavirus says he has…
Rights groups petition Israel’s top court over Omicron phone tracking
Middle East
November 30, 2021
Rights groups petition Israel’s top court over Omicron phone tracking
JERUSALEM, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Rights groups petitioned Israel’s top court on Monday to repeal new COVID-19 measures that authorise…
Israeli firm’s spyware used to target journalists’ cell phones – reports
Middle East
July 19, 2021
Israeli firm’s spyware used to target journalists’ cell phones – reports
WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) – An Israeli company’s spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging…
Watch this: China surveillance tech seeks to go global
Technology
November 24, 2019
Watch this: China surveillance tech seeks to go global
Chinese firms are omnipresent at a Paris homeland security trade show, capitalizing on their vast experience in developing surveillance systems…
Dissidents under late Uzbek leader still out in the cold
World
October 7, 2019
Dissidents under late Uzbek leader still out in the cold
Journalist and former prisoner Dilmurod Saidov knows a thing or two about the brutal rule of Uzbekistan’s first leader, the…
China’s police state goes global, leaving refugees in fear
World
July 23, 2019
China’s police state goes global, leaving refugees in fear
Muslims who escaped China’s crackdown in Xinjiang still live in fear, saying new homes abroad and even Western passports afford…
Belt and Road Forum: Will China’s ‘digital Silk Road’ lead to an authoritarian future?
World
April 26, 2019
Belt and Road Forum: Will China’s ‘digital Silk Road’ lead to an authoritarian future?
In May 2017, at the first Belt and Road International Forum, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that big data would be…
Netherlands to hold referendum on new surveillance law
World
November 1, 2017
Netherlands to hold referendum on new surveillance law
The Netherlands will hold a referendum on legislation giving law enforcement authorities far-reaching surveillance powers, the Dutch Voting Commission said…