[liberationtech] Saudi Arabia implements electronic tracking system for women

2012-11-22 Thread Mohammad Shublaq
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/22/saudi-arabia-implements-electronic-tracking-system-for-women http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/22/saudi-arabia-implements-electronic-tracking-system-for-women/?utm_source=twitterfeedutm_medium=twitter RIYADH --- Denied the right to travel without consent

Re: [liberationtech] Saudi Arabia implements electronic tracking system for women

2012-11-22 Thread Brian Conley
I would be interested to know whether this system involves any automated tracking, such as a database of SIMs that are updated by default via SMS when the relevant women's SIM passes immigration, etc. It seems likely it is simply a database registry, cross referencing contact information of male

Re: [liberationtech] Saudi Arabia implements electronic tracking system for women

2012-11-22 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
I couldn't believe this was true and actually had to look it up in different news sources in order to believe it (found it in AFP, seems legit.) This is stupendous. NK On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tvwrote: I would be interested to know whether this

Re: [liberationtech] Saudi Arabia implements electronic tracking system for women

2012-11-22 Thread Eva Galperin
The AFP misses a couple of key points. I recommend reading this blog post by Ahmed Al Omran, a journalist living in Saudi Arabia. Prior to returning to Saudi, Ahmed worked for Andy Carvin at NPR. http://riyadhbureau.com/blog/2012/11/saudi-women-tracking Reporting on the uproar, AFP described it

Re: [liberationtech] Saudi Arabia implements electronic tracking system for women

2012-11-22 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
Thanks, Eva! NK On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Eva Galperin e...@eff.org wrote: http://riyadhbureau.com/blog/2012/11/saudi-women-tracking -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech