中央情报局正在推出针对波斯语、汉语和韩语的指南，帮助全球各地的人们安全地向其提供信息，从而避开专制政权的限制。“全世界范围内有越来越多的人想联系我们，我们为他们提供了确保此举安全进行的指引”，该机构在周三的一份声明中如此表示。
“保护愿意与我们接触的世界各地人士的安全对我们来说至关重要，并希望他们的交流尽可能地受到保障。”声明继续说道。
波斯语广泛使用于伊朗及其邻国，使用者超过一亿人。汉语则是中国的主要语言，约有十亿人口为其母语使用者。这些指引包含纯文本视频和图解资料的形式，并通过多个社交媒体平台以及网络黑暗面的渠道对外发布。
“在俄罗斯实施成功案例后，我们希望确保其他国家专制政权中的个人知道我们的大门敞开”，该声明补充道。2023年，CIA宣布在俄语版网站上发布了通向仅可通过洋葱浏览器访问的暗网链接的指引，而该浏览器因其加密功能而在众多浏览器中独树一帜。
CIA局长William Burns曾指出，随着俄罗斯对乌克兰的全面入侵引起的国内不满情绪升级，这为CIA提供了一个「千载难逢」的机会。近年来兴起的数字专制主义使得包括中国、俄罗斯和伊朗在内的政府开始封锁网站并实施网络监控与带宽限制以压制批评声音，并阻断信息流通。
针对潜在的举报人，指引强调了以下几项注意事项：
– 避免使用家庭或办公室计算机；
– 使用最新版本的浏览器；
– 通过私隐模式进行浏览；
– 根据CIA提供的指南定期清除计算机搜索记录和浏览器历史；
– 使用洋葱网络服务或是总部不在俄罗斯、伊朗或其他对美国存在敌意国家的可信虚拟私人网络（VPN）服务；
– 如果具备，使用所提供的「应急关断」功能，一旦与虚拟私人网络的连接中断，设备将自动断开互联网。
收到信息后，CIA会进行评估。“每条信息的审查过程可能需要时间。基于您的安全状况，我们可能无法回复您。”声明表示，并建议接收者也应检查垃圾邮件文件夹，以防可能来自CIA的回复。
新闻来源：www.nbcnews.com
原文地址：The CIA is soliciting secret tips from informants in the national languages of Iran, North Korea and China
新闻日期：2024-10-02
原文摘要：
The Central Intelligence Agency is releasing instructions in Farsi, Mandarin and Korean to allow people to share information with the agency without running afoul of authoritarian regimes. “People are trying to reach out to us from around the world and we are offering them instructions for how to do that safely,” the CIA said in a statement on Wednesday. “The security of those willing to reach out to us around the world is of paramount importance to us, and we want them to do so as safely as possible.” Farsi is spoken by more than 100 million people in Iran and nearby countries, while Mandarin, with more than 1 billion speakers, is the majority language in China. The instructions, in a text-only video and infographic, were posted online across multiple social media platforms and sites on the dark web, the agency said. “Our efforts on this front have been successful in Russia, and we want to make sure individuals in other authoritarian regimes know that we’re open for business,” it said. In 2023, the CIA announced it had posted instructions in Russian on how to access a site on the dark web accessible only through a Tor internet browser, which unlike most browsers has encryption protections. The spy agency’s director, William Burns, has said that disaffection in Russia after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has created a “once-in-a-generation” recruiting opportunity for the CIA. The rise of “digital authoritarianism” has seen regimes such as China, Russia and Iran blocking and censoring websites, conducting digital surveillance and restricting bandwidth to suppress any criticism and cut off the free flow of information, according to human rights groups. The instructions posted Wednesday advise possible informants: not to use their home or work computer; employ only up-to-date web browsers; use the browser’s private browser mode; delete computer searches and browser histories by following the CIA’s instructions; use the Tor network or a trusted VPN service not headquartered in Russia, Iran or China or other country hostile to the U.S.; and use a “kill switch” feature on the VPN service if available so the device will disconnect from the internet if the VPN connection is lost. Once a message lands at the agency, the CIA will evaluate it, the agency said. “The evaluation process of each message may take time. Based upon our assessment of your security situation, CIA may not reply.” And there was one last piece of advice: “It is advised to check your ‘spam’ message folder as well” for any possible reply from the agency.
