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• New Chrome extension spots unencrypted tracking

  TrackerSSL is aimed at alerting websites of insecure tracking via Twitter

• Kaspersky warns of Galileo trojans hitting iOS and Android

  Security vendor pins jailbreaks as the entry point

• Report: Iran, Syria using Blue Coat gear to squelch dissent

• Pakistan using Netsweeper to block Internet content, say researchers

  Many technology companies have said they would not supply equipment to an Internet filtering and blocking project of the Pakistan government

• Think tank presses Blue Coat over censorship concerns

  Blue Coat, which makes software and appliances that monitor and restrict web traffic, has been criticized before

• US providers host Syrian government websites

  Hosting providers take down websites after a report shows they are hosting Syrian government pages