Ecuador’s intelligence agency has access to a vast Chinese-made surveillance system which could be used to spy on its country’s citizens, a report from The New York Times has discovered. During an interview at an unmarked bunker in the country belonging to the National Intelligence Secretariat, or Senain, the paper says it inadvertently discovered Senain agents monitoring video feeds installed to help police fight crime. The discovery happened after a reporter adjusted what he thought was a dimmer switch only to reveal a hidden window that had been previously been frosted over.
The discovery is likely to increase concerns about the use of Chinese-made surveillance state equipment around the world. The ECU-911 system used in Ecuador was...
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