Re: Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden () gmail com>
Date: June 22, 2009 6:59:01 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden () gmail com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology

Dave,

For IP, if you wish.

The paradox here is that the same "western" technology, that includes  
"lawful intercept gateway" features required by all countries, is  
enabling twitter, SMS, email, YouTube, etc. that allows people to get  
information out of the country and organize.  It's hard to turn it all  
off once it is installed.

I suspect it won't take long for a encrypted version of twitter to  
appear.

Bob


On Jun 22, 2009, at 12:41 PM, David Farber wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf () sethf com>
> Date: June 22, 2009 4:32:34 AM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: WSJ: Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology
>
> [For IP, if worthy - this is a great overview of the extent of
> national censorware, and the involvement of various big corporations]
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124562668777335653.html
> Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology
>
> European Gear Used in Vast Effort to Monitor Communications
> By CHRISTOPHER RHOADS in New York and LORETTA CHAO in Beijing
>
> The Iranian regime has developed, with the assistance of European
> telecommunications companies, one of the world's most sophisticated
> mechanisms for controlling and censoring the Internet, allowing it
> to examine the content of individual online communications on a
> massive scale.
>
> [big snip]
>
> The Australian government is experimenting with Web-site filtering
> to protect its youth from online pornography, an undertaking that
> has triggered criticism that it amounts to government-backed
> censorship.
>
> Content inspection and filtering technology are already common
> among corporations, schools and other institutions, as part of
> efforts to block spam and viruses, as well as to ensure that
> employees and students comply with computer-use guidelines.
> Families use filtering on their home computers to protect their
> children from undesirable sites, such as pornography and gambling.
>
> Internet censoring in Iran was developed with the initial
> justification of blocking online pornography, among other material
> considered offensive by the regime, according to those who have
> studied the country's censoring.
>
> [much more in full article]
>
>
>
>
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