Amnesty International releases anti-gov spying freeware (Detekt)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30115679

You know for all us activists out there yeah. Be keen to see a discussion on this article.

"Amnesty International has released a program that can spot spying software used by governments to monitor activists and political opponents."

"These spying tools are marketed on their ability to get round your bog-standard anti-virus,"

"The trade in spyware used by governments is now a market worth about £3bn ($5bn) a year"


Comments


[3 Points] xeddmc:

Hmm, seems a little sketchy...


[3 Points] mr_soren:

What about the children!


[3 Points] QUITFUCKINGUSINGSWIM:

Currently it is provided with patterns for:

DarkComet RAT
XtremeRAT
BlackShades RAT
njRAT
FinFisher FinSpy
HackingTeam RCS
ShadowTech RAT
Gh0st RAT

seems like a glorified byte scanner


[2 Points] None:

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[2 Points] necrambo:

Https://resistsurveillance.org

Love that url :)


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[2 Points] hdheuud:

Where can I read more about what it actually does?


[1 Points] sharpshooter789:

I wouldn't be surprised if this was actually a Trojan.