When #Nokia Pulled Out of #Russia, a Vast #Surveillance #System Remained

source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/technology/nokia-russia-surveillance-system-sorm.html

The tool was used to #track supporters of the Russian #opposition leader Aleksei A. #Navalny. Investigators said it had intercepted the phone calls of a #Kremlin foe who was later assassinated. Called the System for Operative Investigative Activities, or #SORM, it is also most likely being employed at this moment as President Vladimir V. #Putin culls and silences antiwar voices inside Russia.

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