Waynesawa Maybe not so paranoid as you may think.
Most ME countries I think actively monitor voice and internet activity, mobile phone location (as long as it’s switched on) can be traced to within yards. The land line is an open book to anyone who wants to spend the time and cash to set systems up.
Never connected to the internet without a program like Privoxy or Real Tunnel (sites already blocked) hiding your IP address or private e mail being encrypted if you want privacy, always keep good firewalls in place.
I had no particular problem personally, once I had suspicions this was happening I started using security based software, probably to no avail but it gave a feel good factor and the annoying security alarms when surfing indicated activity.
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