> I’m sure the Chinese are selling them surveillance tech, and if not Iranians are quite capable of developing it themselves. Actually it seems more likely tha

> I’m sure the Chinese are selling them surveillance tech, and if not Iranians are quite capable of developing it themselves. Actually it seems more likely that it's US-built censorship tools -- specifically BlueCoat, which was detected in 2013[1]. BlueCoat claimed they didn't sell the hardware to Iran because it would violate sanctions but that's not much consolation for the people who are being surveilled using their tools. [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/report-web-monitoring-devices-made-by-us-firm-blue-coat-detected-in-iran-sudan/2013/07/08/09877ad6-e7cf-11e2-a301-ea5a8116d211_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/repor...