Monitored Alarm Systems

most people instinctively appreciate the dangers of government surveillance. But at least you can be on guard when you suspect this type of monitoring may be present to care what you write and send. You could even use some industrial strength encryption for important things.

The problem with this is simply not realistic to expect all your contacts - not to mention their grandparents - to do the same, which means that at least some of emails to be exchanged in the clear. And as this fascinating report from Bloomberg on the monitoring reveals that former Tunisian regime creates another type of vulnerability that affects not only what you send, but also

what you get

Asthma Hedi

Nair, former coordinator of e-mails of Amnesty International Youth said she and her friends exchange

were replaced by messages

from random symbols for car rental ads. Opponents of the regime overthrown by the revolution of January received threatening messages such as "You can run but you can not hide," while those who have no role in political life is hanging by mail if inadvertently included the words marked as critical for the government. 404 Ammar same reputation damaged

by inserting pornographic images at work e-mail routing and intimate photos on Facebook

, Nairi, 23, said.

is a smart approach, so that people begin to give a deeper meaning, perhaps, what is disturbing in the sense made, or begin to doubt the truth their contacts online.


What makes this story particularly disturbing is that almost all the technologies used to carry out this disinformation campaign in Tunisia was provided by Western companies, who seemed to regard it as a test: