Arms giant BAE sold powerful mass surveillance equipment to oppressive regimes – report

‘Global arms firm BAE Systems sold powerful mass surveillance equipment to six Middle Eastern nations with repressive human rights records, investigators claim, while warning that the technology could be used to track and hack dissidents.
The BBC report appears to show that the powerful and invasive hacking technology, which was made by a Danish firm that was bought by BAE in 2011, was sold to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Oman, as well as North African states Morocco and Algeria.
The technology, known as Evident, can be used to track individuals using their mobile phones and is said to be capable of boring through sophisticated encryption.
Evident, which was developed by Denmark-based BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, can reportedly also collect, collate and analyze massive amounts of personal online data.
One former employee told the BBC: “You would be able to intercept any internet traffic. If you wanted to do a whole country, go ahead.’
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