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3 stories tagged egypt, newest first.

Screenshot of shkspr.mobi: And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway

And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway (shkspr.mobi)

399 points by _djo_ 2 months ago | 317 comments

Terence Eden blog post on how governments can force tech companies to comply, starting with Egypt's 2011 forced mobile phone alerts during the revolution.

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Screenshot of bbc.com: Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort

Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort (bbc.com)

577 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 59 comments

BBC News article reporting that the World Health Organization has certified Egypt as malaria-free after a century-long effort to eliminate the disease.

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Screenshot of blog.google: 0-days exploited by commercial surveillance vendor in Egypt

0-days exploited by commercial surveillance vendor in Egypt (blog.google)

512 points by mikece 3 years ago | 231 comments

Google Threat Analysis Group blog post describing 0-day exploits used by a commercial surveillance vendor to target users in Egypt, found with Citizen Lab.

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And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway(shkspr.mobi)

Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort(bbc.com)

0-days exploited by commercial surveillance vendor in Egypt(blog.google)

And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway (shkspr.mobi)

Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort (bbc.com)

0-days exploited by commercial surveillance vendor in Egypt (blog.google)