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This Powerful Spy Software Is Being Abused By Governments Around The World
http://www.businessinsider.com/countries-with-finfisher-spying-software-2013-5
FinFisher aims its products at intelligence and law enforcement services.
A new report presents overwhelming evidence that sophisticated spying software is being abused by governments around the world.
The findings by The Citizen Lab, a digital research laboratory at the University of Toronto, detail how the software marketed to track criminals is being used against dissidents and human rights activists.
Titled "For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying," the report focuses on a type of surveillance software called FinSpy that can remotely monitor webmail and social networks in real time as well as collect encrypted data and communications of unsuspecting targets.
In December 2011 WikiLeaks began publishing FinFisher brochures and videos, which tout the software as enabling governments to monitor targets who "regularly change location, use encrypted and anonymous communication channels, and reside in foreign countries."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/countries-with-finfisher-spying-software-2013-5#ixzz2SDuPqfa9
