Monday, November 25, 2013

Private firms selling mass surveillance systems around world, documents show

Click here to access article by Nick Hopkins and Matthew Taylor from The Guardian.

Investments in surveillance systems seems to be the "next big thing" for capitalists to extract more profits. And, in a capitalist world profits drive everything.
Private firms are selling spying tools and mass surveillance technologies to developing countries with promises that "off the shelf" equipment will allow them to snoop on millions of emails, text messages and phone calls, according to a cache of documents published on Monday.