[Chapter-delegates] HK Protesters Targeted with Spyware

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Thu Oct 2 08:24:21 PDT 2014


Is there a URL to look for this info?

Carlos Vera
Internet Society Ecuador
www.isoc.org.ec
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> El 2/10/2014, a las 5:52, Kathy Brown <brown at isoc.org> escribió:
> 
> Chester, thank you for this communication. You, all of our Chapter members and, especially the young people of Hong Kong have been close to our thoughts and worries. Please let us know how we can be of help. Your ISOC family is nearby. Kathy
> 
>> On Oct 2, 2014, at 2:58 AM, "chester at soong.net" <chester at soong.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> I joined the protest for 3 days and some of my friends in the IT profession were there on the most violent day and being pepper-sprayed, hit, and tear-gased!
>> 
>> We did worry about that but the Chief Executive of HK can, under his authority, to shut down and intercept all telecommunications on an executive order. So most of us have turned to Firechat now, and we almost held a talk with Micha Benoliel as he happened to be in HK. Now, it is not about getting your phone hacked or communications sniffed anymore. It has gone back to traditional government suppressing of protests with people infiltrating into the largely peaceful protests and stir up unrests! Honestly, I worry about how this will end. This has gone beyond the Internet, but it has helped us so far in spreading the truth and unveiling the issues.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> Chester
>> 
>> On Wed, 1 Oct 2014 20:17:16 -0400
>> Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Protesters in Hong Kong calling for democracy reforms are being targeted by
>>> spyware that can affect both iPhones and smartphones running Google’s
> 



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