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Conflict & Security April 3, 2026 259 stories in this edition

Work from home, but we’re watching: Indonesia, Malaysia geo-track remote civil servants

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Work from home, but we’re watching: Indonesia, Malaysia geo-track remote civil servants

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Indonesia and Malaysia have ordered civil servants to work from home to save fuel amid the Iran war but with digital surveillance measures far stricter than those used during the pandemic. Civil servants in Indonesia must activate location tracking and respond to work communications within five minutes. Their Malaysian counterparts must log into a geolocation monitoring system every hour. Those who fail to comply fac...

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Indonesia and Malaysia have ordered civil servants to work from home to save fuel amid the Iran war but with digital surveillance measures far stricter than those used during the pandemic. Civil servants in Indonesia mus...

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