To the best of my knowledge SMS data is sent on a regular basis to the ISF (monthly) and are filtered by keywords. I havent followed the developments lately though, but from the debate on the ICT security law and the amendments of the publications laws in lebanon over the past 2 years, it's easy for the government to request login information... not completely in a legal way, but mostly by creating loopholes in the law and such. Informally or illegally they never stopped tapping into people's private lives, before or after web 2.0 If you want more info from ppl following the news, try to contact maybe SMEX people (there were other initiatives involved in these things but I don't remember the names unfortunately) or just contact the legal agenda directly, I don't know if they investigated this from a legal angle but they probably could point you out to ppl. Cheers
Rebecca S. Saade -- +961 3 839099 @Pazuzu_hsp Einmal ist Keinmal On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Meris Lutz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello creative commoners > I hope this isn't too much of a stretch, but I was hoping I could talk to > someone in Lebanon about the ISF request for users' online passwords and > information, in addition to sms records. There are some conflicting reports > about what has already been handed over, and what the ISF asked for, but > apparently the Cabinet meeting today referred the matter to a judicial > committee? Who works on privacy rights and technology in Lebanon? I'm > writing an article about it but I'm happy to talk off the record for > background if someone isn't comfortable going on the record. > Drop me an e-mail if you know about this/know of someone who can properly > wonk out about it. > Best, > Meris Lutz > > -- > لقد تلقيت هذه الرسالة لأنك مشترك في المجموعة "CC Arab World المشاع > الإبداعي" من مجموعات Google. > لإلغاء اشتراكك في هذه المجموعة وإيقاف تلقي رسائل إلكترونية منها، أرسِل > رسالة إلكترونية إلى [email protected]. > للنشر في هذه المجموعة، أرسل بريدًا إلكترونيًا إلى > [email protected] > انتقل إلى هذه المجموعة على > http://groups.google.com/group/cc-arab-world?hl=ar. > للمزيد من الخيارات، انتقل إلى https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- لقد تلقيت هذه الرسالة لأنك مشترك في المجموعة "CC Arab World المشاع الإبداعي" من مجموعات Google. لإلغاء اشتراكك في هذه المجموعة وإيقاف تلقي رسائل إلكترونية منها، أرسِل رسالة إلكترونية إلى [email protected]. للنشر في هذه المجموعة، أرسل بريدًا إلكترونيًا إلى [email protected] انتقل إلى هذه المجموعة على http://groups.google.com/group/cc-arab-world?hl=ar. للمزيد من الخيارات، انتقل إلى https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
