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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Next week, in the small Somerset town of Farmborough, the UK Home Office will be hosting an international arms fair where hundreds of weapons, tech and surveillance companies will be selling their latest technologies to “a record number” of UK police departments, border forces and government security agencies. In its continued bid to market itself as a high-tech, “start-up nation”, Israel’s cyber-surveillance companies are set to be amongst the exhibitors pitching to the 27 UK government departments. Contrary to the positive image it portrays, much of its technology is developed in the service…