Tag: surveillance
On board a Nato surveillance plane monitoring Russian activity in Ukraine – BBC News
As Russian activity intensifies in Ukraine and eastern Europe, Special Airborne Warning and Control System (Awacs) planes police Nato’s borders from where they can monitor events. The flights are known as Nato’s ”eyes in the sky” as they scan the surrounding airspace and ground activity. The BBC has been given rare access to a surveillance flight on the Polish border with Ukraine and Belarus. Please…
Palestine surveillance: Israel builds a digital database on West Bank residents
Israel is reportedly developing a system of surveillance on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank with the use of face-scanning cameras and smartphone apps. Human rights activists say it amounts to an enormous database of personal information on the residents there via the use of an official smartphone Blue Wolf app. The military uses it to scan a Palestinian’s face and has access to their…