Rights groups release software to detect government spyware

[MindMover]

Human rights group Amnesty International released free software on Thursday that allows users to determine if their computers are bugged by government intelligence agencies.

The program, Detekt, was designed specifically for human rights activists and journalists, whose computers governments regularly target, Amnesty said.

“Governments are increasingly using dangerous and sophisticated technology that allows them to read activists and journalists’ private emails and remotely turn on their computer’s camera or microphone to secretly record their activities,” said Marek Marczynski of Amnesty International.

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/11/20/amnesty-nsa.html

https://resistsurveillance.org/

[Electric Monk]

1. Alternate link for those who aren't into Al-Jazeera, before they complain about your source

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20141120/us--nsa_surveillance-b4dfd20d69.html

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016107430

[MindMover]

2. excite.com is a cookie hog and is flagged on most spyware software ...nt

[Electric Monk]

3. Ok, here's a link from CNET as well :)

http://www.cnet.com/au/news/amnesty-anti-spyware-app-tells-you-if-the-government-is-watching-you/

[MindMover]

4. better ...nt

https://resistsurveillance.org/

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