Amnesty International Releases A Program That Can Spot Spying Software Used By Governments

11. 20. 14 by Andreea Popescu

Amnesty said many governments used sophisticated spying tools that could grab images from webcams or listen via microphones to monitor people
They developed a program called "Detekt" that spots the few telltale signs spying programs leave
Detekt uses intense hard drive scanning, meaning that the computer on which the software is running cannot be used until the scan is completed

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