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Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit enters the secretive world of the surveillance industry. Spy Merchants reveals for the first time how highly-invasive spyware, which can capture the electronic communications of a town, can be purchased in a ‘grey market’ where regulations are ignored or bypassed. Mass surveillance equipment can then be sold onto authoritarian governments, criminals or even terrorists.
During a four-month undercover operation, an industry insider working for Al Jazeera filmed the negotiation of several illegal, multi-million dollar deals that breach international sanctions. The proposed deals include the supply of highly restricted surveillance equipment to Iran. The undercover operative also secured an extraordinary agreement to purchase powerful spyware with a company who said they didn’t care who was the end-user.
@JeffBezos “Why do I feel so much like #sigourneyweaver ?” @amazon #MARS2017 #openpodbaydoors 😬🤓 pic.twitter.com/HRRzmQtZbh
— Caleb Harper (@calebgrowsfood)March 20, 2017
Marine Sgt. Maj. Siswadi holds a gun with his bionic prosthetic hand at Orthopedic workshop of DR Ramelan Navy Hospital on April 30, 2015 in Surabaya, Indonesia. Siswadi, 43, who lost his hands in a training mishap in Malang while practicing throwing grenades, is showcasing a new 500g bionic prosthetic made of titanium and carbon fiber.
#FDNY drone assists w/ fire operations for the first time ever at Bronx 4th alarm. Read more https://t.co/FPt2eSOTRt pic.twitter.com/Wfr76EY4vG
— FDNY (@FDNY)March 7, 2017
A heavy UAV armed with a single use ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile)
What would TV tuned to a dead channel look like, if it were a sky? @neilhimself on the relentlessness of time & @GreatDismal’s opening line. pic.twitter.com/Atdx2JXtRh
— joe rojas-burke (@rojasburke)February 28, 2017
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