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Nigerian youths unanimously cry against a rogue police unit (techcabal.com)
1 point by filleduchaos on Oct 9, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



I thought this was interesting because the protests have been trending in multiple countries with very little traditional media coverage, as well as the fact that SARS disproportionately targets people who own iPhones, carry around laptops, or have particular apps (Telegram, Slack, Luno and other crypto wallets, etc) installed.

Many Nigerian fintech startups build a switch into their apps to quickly hide your balance and financial activity in no small part because of police brutality.




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