The Surveillance Catalog allows readers to peruse secret marketing materials published by companies that make tracking equipment.
Documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal open a rare window into a new global market for the off-the-shelf surveillance technology that has arisen in the decade since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The techniques described in the trove of 200-plus marketing documents include hacking tools that enable governments to break into people’s computers and cellphones, and “massive intercept” gear that can gather all Internet communications in a country.
Read more at The Wall Street Journal and see the full What They Know series online.
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