The Activists Who Bring Security To the Oppressed

msm1267 writes "Tibetans inside China or in exile, along with Syrians, Iranians and other groups oppressed by autocratic regimes, rely on technology to communicate and organize protests. Yet state-sponsored attackers have infiltrated the devices and platforms used by the oppressed to put their freedom or lives in danger. Groups such as Tibet in Action or Citizen Lab Munk School of Global Affairs have put together resources to help educate and enhance the security of oppressed people."

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China, Syria, Iran...

[fustakrakich]

All these evil countries have 'activists' in jail. But the Americans? All of their prisoners are criminals..

The article is right about one thing, most of the attackers are state (and I would add corporate)-sponsored...

Another fine piece of propaganda there...

just to be clear here,

[nimbius]

we tacitly support chinese oppression through our international trade agreements, installed the ruling dictator in syria largely as part of the carter doctrine, and wag our fingers at Iran because of their drive to become a regional superpower that eschews american influence. the author categorically ignores all this and in the second paragraph whines about the intolerable restrictions on foreign nationals as they pertain to app stores for their smartphones.
strangely enough, theres also a pile of sympathy in the third paragraph for NGO's. at no point does the author acknowledge that an NGO's sole purpose in american history has always been to further western influence. NGO's are charged with things like the privatization of water and fragmentation of local health services in africa as well. They exist, funded by a foreign government in part, to engage in sidechannel diplomacy that often as in the case of oxfam and the liberty institute results in protests and revolution. foreign governments do quite well to limit or refuse them, Yet in the article the authors tunnel vision completely avoids CAIR, an NGO based in america, is routinely demonized and raided by american law enforcement.