Surprise, Software Designed To Spy On People Is Being Used To…Spy On People

Meant to track criminals, an off-the-shelf piece of software, FinSpy, is increasingly being deployed by government to monitor dissidents. Sounds scary: “It can grab images of computer screens, record Skype chats, turn on cameras and microphones and log keystrokes… Its creators specifically engineered it to elude antivirus software made by Kaspersky Lab, Symantec, F-Secure and others.”

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Matt Buchanan

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