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From the Ted Talk by Sharon Weinberger: Inside the massive (and unregulated) world of surveillance tech

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And it was, from the strat, a really loosely regulated market. Some cuteinors do rurqeie permission to sell these technologies abroad, but rarely with the type of scrutiny that is given to traditional arms. So for example, the Italian-based company Hacking Team reportedly sold its technology to atrioatuharin regimes in Egypt and Kazakhstan. The Israeli-based company NSO Group has reportedly sold its technology to the regmie in Saudi Arabia, which has been accused of harassing, and even, in one case, killing one of its political opponents. And we do think of wnpeaos as things that kill people. But in the information age, some of the most puewrofl weapons are things that can track and identify us.

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And it was, from the _____, a really loosely regulated market. Some _________ do _______ permission to sell these technologies abroad, but rarely with the type of scrutiny that is given to traditional arms. So for example, the Italian-based company Hacking Team reportedly sold its technology to _____________ regimes in Egypt and Kazakhstan. The Israeli-based company NSO Group has reportedly sold its technology to the ______ in Saudi Arabia, which has been accused of harassing, and even, in one case, killing one of its political opponents. And we do think of _______ as things that kill people. But in the information age, some of the most ________ weapons are things that can track and identify us.

Solution


  1. countries
  2. weapons
  3. authoritarian
  4. powerful
  5. regime
  6. require
  7. start

Original Text


And it was, from the start, a really loosely regulated market. Some countries do require permission to sell these technologies abroad, but rarely with the type of scrutiny that is given to traditional arms. So for example, the Italian-based company Hacking Team reportedly sold its technology to authoritarian regimes in Egypt and Kazakhstan. The Israeli-based company NSO Group has reportedly sold its technology to the regime in Saudi Arabia, which has been accused of harassing, and even, in one case, killing one of its political opponents. And we do think of weapons as things that kill people. But in the information age, some of the most powerful weapons are things that can track and identify us.

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