To help journalists and human rights activists to protect espionage governments, Amnesty International and three other non-governmental organizations announced Thursday, Nov. 20 the launch of a free tool that can check whether their computers are monitored by spyware.
The software, called “Detekt” is presented as the first of its kind for the public to detect “on computers and mobile devices The main monitoring software known, some of which are used by governments “, Amnesty International said in a statement.
Governments are increasingly using technologies “that allow them to read the private emails of activists and journalists and to remotely turn on the camera and the computer microphone thereof to surreptitiously record their activities” , explained Mark Marczynski, Amnesty framework.
“Counter-attack”
As stated in the Guardian , the market for spy technology and monitoring is booming. It is estimated at around EUR 3.8 billion.
Detekt is intended to warn of such intrusion to “to strike back against” face to governments that use some of the information for “submit human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary arrests, illegal detention and even torture” , has he added.
Designed by Claudio Guarnieri, German researcher specializing in security issues, Detekt is launched by Amnesty International in collaboration with organizations Digitale Gesellschaft, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Privacy International.
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