Honestly? Because there is ample evidence to support it at the moment. I would also suggest that it's only "singled out" in the US - in Europe, the focus right now is on Gamma (FinFisher) and Amesys, largely.
Activists have been accused in the past of "singling out" Cisco as well. Attention has now turned to Bluecoat. When there is evidence of another company's misdeeds, attention will surely turn there. Is that sufficient logic for you? On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb <ei8...@ei8fdb.org>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Hi, > > I've been thinking about this for a while, and can't find a logical > reason. Possibly I'm not thinking about it hard enough. > > I'm curious as to why Bluecoat seem to be singled out for all this > attention regarding use in countries where the governments are "not nice"? > Is it because they are a public, well known company? A lot the same stories > repeat the same stories of Bluecoat equipment being used in the same > oppressive regimes. > > As someone who worked in ISP level infrastructure for a while (thankfully > no longer), I've seen the equipment used "for neutral uses" - network > management, etc. > > However, there are a lot more sinister and disgusting companies who's > products *sole-purpose* is surveillance and censorship, and sole market is > those oppressive countries we talk about on this list. > > My point of view is not to defend Bluecoat, quite the opposite, but there > are nastier and uglier fish out there. > > Can anyone set me right, or give an opinion? On or off list is fine. > > thanks, > Bernard > > - -------------------------------------- > Bernard / bluboxthief / ei8fdb > > IO91XM / www.ei8fdb.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) > Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRX+/0AAoJENsz1IO7MIrrMQcH/1vOMQvty80EZkCGcqbXiT9t > SI0o9OOU+wn3Am5ERwDfXlcXy+V/28vbXxPvbhRtjIukF1X94fgJ95+ODn2dOY6g > B4wnOmLzvDT8HovPhf1zH4Dkot3N50Rkt4V4k29163EYVPgLkkuRrPgU6HGwB9IH > dVW54KNXnZX3sXFsYle0j8rayI1tgPWpesPpWCe/J5pI+ljLTFbLEJ+Ytz6rPbqu > y4c/Irjknh8NCVr1LLaGnTkeZQstv5oWZErRrv0bl9Qkm737PAkUCmhTjvBoJw7+ > kJ9b7lFjJ2h9TRdw54RwTomRrhe4yYmPYlWnSyy4k6d6PK1B7bjKdUT89xjn4jY= > =PYRZ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings 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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