Η Vodafone with one bomb announcement has dispelled any doubts about how governments operate at a global level and whether they really care to protect the privacy of their citizens.
In a long news report η πολυεθνική εταιρεία αποκάλυψε το γεγονός ότι ένας μικρός αριθμός από τις 25 countries στις οποίες δραστηριοποιείται απαιτούν να έχουν άμεση πρόσβαση στο δίκτυο τους.
This means that the Authorities can override any measure that uses the company to protect the privacy of its customers.
Of course, Vodafone can not say no, since it would certainly violate some laws, with the risk that it can not open stores in these particular markets.
Even so, the hope that Edward Snowden's revelations about the NSA will start dialogue and push for more transparency seems not to have been in vain. In fact, it shows that something like this has already happened and continues to happen more and more Companies.
Vodafone's participation in programs like Tempora, GCHQ interceptions, has not been clarified. Keep in mind that the Tempora program monitors the population through network cables that carry phone calls around the world, as well as internet traffic.
Vodafone says that few of her employees should know details of the program, and even if they did, they would not be allowed to comment on the issue as governments are trying to close their mouths.
Vodafone is currently present in many countries such as Albania, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom Kingdom, Turkey, Australia, India, New Zealand, Egypt, South Africa, Qatar and others.
Although there is no way to know which countries have requested full access to the Vodafone network, there are many countries that ban the company from publishing any information about telephone tapping, namely Egypt, India, Qatar, Romania, Turkey and South Africa.
