Torture in Bahrain Aided by Nokia Siemens

Technically off-topic, but I would like to spread word about this documentary by Al-Jazeera English that talks about the revolution that was not covered in the west. It is an absolutely horrifying video covering the protests and the brutal crackdown (including how the govt used social media) in Bahrain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaTKDMYOBOU

To those that argue against encryption and privacy with trite phrases like "you have nothing to hide" must realize the harsh consequences such as the above that could result from that kind of argument.

This is a bit misleading, there are a ton of companies that make network surveilance equiment and sell to various governments. These same systems are also used to track down viruses, hacking sprees and other truly bad things. Nokia aided tortue as much as the internet enables credit card theft...

> The toolbox allows more than the interception of phone calls, e-mails, text messages and Voice Over Internet Protocol calls such as those made using Skype. Some products can also secretly activate laptop webcams or microphones on mobile devices. They can change the contents of written communications in mid-transmission, use voice recognition to scan phone networks, and pinpoint people’s locations through their mobile phones. The monitoring systems can scan communications for key words or recognize voices and then feed the data and recordings to operators at government agencies.

I wonder how popular this system is in the U.S.

why go so far as Bahrain? The kill switch against political protest was used several days ago right here in San Francisco.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/15/bart-cell-phone-shu...

Can you name any other place in the world that can be considered having as much or more political freedom than San Francisco?

Surprising to see this via Bloomberg. Encouraging, too!

end to end encryption in a cell phone? sounds like something a phone could do

Unusually inflammatory and sensationalistic headline for Bloomberg.