Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus revelations

Post by blfr » Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 12:38 AM UTC

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> In my school in California it was all windows in the 1990's and 2000's. Yeah, it was that way even before that. Microsoft and Apple got into a "donation war" tryin'a get their corporate garbage into schools back when I was a kid. Looks like Microsoft largely won that war. Hard to fight multiple generations deep corporate brainwashing.

Ah yes, the efficiency of the free market. Where companies with deep pockets get kids hooked on their product early so they can abuse them for the rest of their lives. In these cases I think administrative oversight of broad and long term benefits to society is important, rather than the more narrow decision of "this choice will benefit next year's budget". Early offers by Microsoft were in a way a trap that kept sch…

Post by AzzieElbab » Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 12:53 AM UTC

blooalien wrote: post #12

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What about open source spyware?

There was recently a big kerfuffle over something kinda like that. Look into recent noise about Audacity audio editor to see how that played out… ;) Edit: Curious what part of the above statement is unhelpful or inaccurate…

Post by neatze » Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 1:13 AM UTC

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runningmike wrote: post #4

20 years ago I discovered antivirus software did not detect spyware by design. So never ever trust software that is not FOSS. Use Foss with reproducible builds to be a bit more safe against these by design created weaknesses.

> 20 years ago I discovered antivirus software did not detect spyware by design... Can you provide evidence to back up this statement? I'm not disputing your claim outright, I'd just like to see your evidence.

Post by andrei_says_ » Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 1:35 AM UTC

blooalien wrote: post #14

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That is entirely disgusting. Destroying a life for money. That that's a possibility...

That's what happens when people are trained from birth that money is always more important than anything else.

Post by brokenmachine » Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 2:02 AM UTC

lupire wrote: post #36

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I would like to point out that this kind of tech isn't only used by state sponsored operations. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50166147 Lone wolf creepers or quasi legal harassment companies have access to similar tools. https://www.nefariousjobsmain.com/the-works https://www.vice.com/en/article/ppmpe8/a-revenge-for-hire-bu... Although of course the state sponsored aspect of this is very real too, and the greate…

How is parler kicked off its hosting but a site plainly advertising criminal acts for hire is up and has a US domain name?