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US intelligence bill takes aim at commercial spyware makers

Posted on June 12, 2020 by pogowasright.org

Zack Whittaker reports:

A newly released draft intelligence bill, passed by the Senate Intelligence Committee last week, would require the government to detail the threats posed by commercial spyware and surveillance technology.

The annual intelligence authorization bill, published Thursday, would take aim at private sector spyware makers, like NSO Group and Hacking Team, who build spyware and hacking tools designed to surreptitiously break into a victim’s devices for conducting surveillance.

Read more on TechCrunch.

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