In December 2011, WikiLeaks released the documents from a database containing hundreds of documents from contractors in what WikiLeaks calls the “mass surveillance industry.” or “Spy Files“.
1.) According to Spy Files released by WikiLeaks, intelligence agencies, military forces and police authorities “silently… and secretly intercepted calls and had taken over computers without the help of telecommunication providers”, and tracked the physical location of mobile phone users, even when their devices were only on standby.
2.) Mass interception of entire populations is not only a reality, it is a secret new industry spanning 25 countries, according to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. These countries include India, US, UK, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.
3.) There are three Indian companies in the WikiLeaks list of surveillance companies. These are Shogi Communications, ClearTrail and Shield Security.
4.) According to Assange, international surveillance companies are based in the more technologically sophisticated countries, and they sell their technology on to every country of the world.This industry is, in practice, unregulated and has some 160 companies. Some of the significant names include, BEA, Dialogic, Cambridge Consultants, HP, Siemens, Nice Systems, Nokia Siemens Networks and Thales.
5.) The CIA officials have bought software that allows them to match phone signals and voice prints instantly and pinpoint the specific identity and location of individuals. Intelligence Integration Systems, Inc, based in Massachusetts – sells a “location-based analytics” software called Geospatial Toolkit for this purpose.Another Massachusetts company named Netezza, which bought a copy of the software, allegedly reverse engineered the code and sold a hacked version to the Central Intelligence Agency for use in remotely piloted drone aircraft.
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