Tunisian government was able to hack Facebook and trace dissidents

Facebook was not designed to protect dissidents. Protecting the identity of contributors should be at the core of a well-designed dissidence support tool, making it much harder for government infiltrators to identify and arrest authors.

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Tunisian government was able to hack Facebook and trace dissidents
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