Amnesty releases anti-spying program for activists Some sophisticated spyware software can turn on a webcam to monitor people Amnesty International has released a program that can spot spying software used by governments to monitor activists and political opponents. The Detekt software was needed as standard anti-virus programs often missed spying software, it said. Amnesty said many governments used sophisticated spying tools that could grab images from webcams or listen via microphones to monitor people. It wants to see more regulation of the spying software used by governments. These spying tools are marketed on their ability to get round your bog-standard anti-virus, said Tanya OCarroll, an adviser on technology and human rights at Amnesty International. The makers of spying software did extensive testing to ensure that the way they infected and lurked on a computer did not trigger security alerts, she added. Kim Jong-uns North Korea has been accused of using spyware to keep an eye on critics Claudio Guarnieri, the German security researcher who created Detekt, said there was a growing roster of firms producing spying software. People think the uses of spyware by governments are isolated cases. They are not, Mr Guarnieri told the BBC. Their discovery is isolated. Spyware is becoming the final solution for surveillance operations to overcome encryption. The real problem is nobody really asked the public whether thats acceptable and some countries are legitimising their use without considering the consequences and inherent issues. Like:facebook/MyItTurn Join:facebook/groups/myitturn
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:36:33 +0000
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