The multiple suppliers of commercial spyware (nearly) all claim to only sell their products to national governments or authorised law enforcement agencies – yet the use of these products by other agencies seems widespread. Then there is who the national government is!
The Canadian based research group Citizen Lab have a number of articles looking at Mercenary Software:
Now governments are starting to investigate them and their methods and not taking the “we only make legitimate sales” at face value:
US Supremes deny Pegasus spyware maker’s immunity claim • The Register
The EU Watergate? Pegasus spyware scandal grows – Deutsche Welle (DW)
Privacy is important – and if government’s want to spy on their citizens they should do it with due process and courts and judges involved.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
