Pakistan Spying On Millions Through Phone-Tapping And Firewall, Amnesty Says (reuters.com)
(Tuesday September 09, 2025 @11:20AM (msmash)
from the dial-M-for-monitoring dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/09/113252/pakistan-spying-on-millions-through-phone-tapping-and-firewall-amnesty-says
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/amnesty-says-pakistan-spying-millions-through-phone-tapping-firewall-2025-09-09/
Pakistan has built surveillance systems that it is [1]actively using to spy on millions of its citizens and to block millions of internet sessions, according to Amnesty International. The Asian nation's Lawful Intercept Management System enables intelligence agencies to tap calls and texts across all four major mobile operators.
A Chinese-built firewall, WMS 2.0, currently blocks approximately 650,000 web links and restricts platforms including YouTube, Facebook, and X. The surveillance infrastructure combines technology from Chinese company Geedge Networks, U.S.-based Niagara Networks, France's Thales DIS, Germany's Utimaco, and UAE-based Datafusion. Balochistan province has experienced years-long internet blackouts under the system.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/amnesty-says-pakistan-spying-millions-through-phone-tapping-firewall-2025-09-09/
A Chinese-built firewall, WMS 2.0, currently blocks approximately 650,000 web links and restricts platforms including YouTube, Facebook, and X. The surveillance infrastructure combines technology from Chinese company Geedge Networks, U.S.-based Niagara Networks, France's Thales DIS, Germany's Utimaco, and UAE-based Datafusion. Balochistan province has experienced years-long internet blackouts under the system.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/amnesty-says-pakistan-spying-millions-through-phone-tapping-firewall-2025-09-09/
Only Pakistan? (Score:2)
Please, don't make us laugh, the whole world is under surveillance. Most of it being done through the "social networks".