Here's the original posting from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=433109386756486&set=a.190671704333590.47245.188677754532985&type=1
Worth trying that version for EXIF data? The caption reads, roughly: *Damascus | 12-1 | Pictures of a Damascus "comm hubs" showing the devices used to monitor the "http" Internet manufactured by US company BlueCoat, which is prohibited from selling to the Syrian regime.* The group that posted it states the following as their mission (again, roughly): "To transparently deliver the reality of what is happening in Syria." There's a contact address (shahed.3ayan...@gmail.com) On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Ryan Gallagher <r...@rjgallagher.co.uk>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On 01/12/2012 19:44, Bernard Tyers wrote: I also wonder what > > happened with that Dubai distributor? > > Last I heard was that, about a year ago, the US dept of commerce put > restrictions on a man called Waseem Jawad who was operating in the UAE > under the company name Info Tech. He was put on an "entity list", > designed to restrict him from receiving controlled exports from the US > in the future. > > Source: http://www.bis.doc.gov/news/2011/bis_press12152011.htm > > On 01/12/2012 19:44, Bernard Tyers wrote: > > And reading that article now, I wonder what ever happened to that > > "internal investigation" Blue coat were running. > > > > I also wonder what happened with that Dubai distributor? > > > > Something tells me they're still doing business. > > > > Restrictions make no difference in these cases when you have one > > company who will provide a "partner" service provider who will > > then provide a service to the persona non grata, possibly or > > possibly not with the knowledge of the original company. > > > > Bernard > > > > > > Connected by Motorola > > > > > > "Jillian C. York" <jilliancy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203687504577001911398596328.html > > > > /Blue Coat Systems > > <http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=BCSI> > > Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., says it shipped the Internet "filtering" > > devices to Dubai late last year, believing they were destined for a > > department of the Iraqi government. However, the devices—which can > > block websites or record when people visit them—made their way to > > Syria, a country subject to strict U.S. trade embargoes. / On Sat, > > Dec 1, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Rafal Rohozinski <r.rohozin...@psiphon.ca > > <mailto:r.rohozin...@psiphon.ca>> wrote: > > > > This pic has just been posted on twitter. It was picked up by the > > Secdev Syria Operation Group. It is allegeldy a picture of > > internet censorship hardware taken inside a telecom hub (exchange) > > in Damascus, > > http://twitter.com/AmaraaBaghdad/status/274919986399703040/photo/1 > > > > It looks like the ProxySG 9000 ( > > http://www.bluecoat.com/products/proxysg) > > > > Rafal > > > > -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > > > > > > > -- US: +1-857-891-4244 | NL: +31-657086088 site: jilliancyork.com > > <http://jilliancyork.com/>*| *twitter: @jilliancyork* * > > > > "We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we > > want the seemingly impossible to become a reality" - /Vaclav > > Havel/ > > > > > > > > -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQumzbAAoJEOYbWlT/pqR6fSwH/0e/BRhTEuRjb1BsbdxMRyl7 > +GuVLeZNHBXVfdrr1CoVTxgNWQeevvy+IdQsSS+cH0oCV1xO9/eWyr0VCxc+GSW7 > 7iqeBv68gaq1bkLC45U+b9Jl69Ilaj5TbK6vF6emZI2NIrMsVJ2FTmxYkxryZv3k > EU1pCeaN8E7ZzOZcmawUUwk8i/DP6IgwPSLrjImdl87dfV7oNETOlKGiiYnuCvfA > M6XJKrYDe6XSASLRSrTgjkmqJZ2n596PlJLsCGG9LgCSvuqVRf5TBXOf7wg1Jylx > k+p4BITy2j7BBxwtrc8pOfe6SIrztqKmh6s/gNvYKNZ57wJUT50F1FN8/0jjt04= > =XUek > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- US: +1-857-891-4244 | NL: +31-657086088 site: jilliancyork.com <http://jilliancyork.com/>* | * twitter: @jilliancyork* * "We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality" - *Vaclav Havel*
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