[ NNSquad ] Secret Manuals Show the Spyware Sold to Despots and Cops Worldwide

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Secret Manuals Show the Spyware Sold to Despots and Cops Worldwide

(First Look): https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/30/hacking-team/

     "Companies like Hacking Team refer to their products as "lawful
      intercept" technology. They need at least the pretense of dealing with
      legitimate actors because the legality of surveillance software
      depends on the behavior of its users. That's all that fundamentally
      separates their software from tools for crime or repression. But
      evaluating that legitimacy becomes tougher as prices fall and
      customers proliferate."

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