Apr 172013
 
 April 17, 2013  Posted by  Business, Non-U.S., Surveillance

Ryan Gallagher reports:

It has been linked to attacks on activists and dissidents and traced to servers operating across the world. But the next stop for a government spy technology that can infiltrate computers and eavesdrop on Skype chats could be a courtroom in England.

On Tuesday, human rights group Privacy International announced that it is challenging the British government for “unlawful” conduct during an investigation into exports of a surveillance tool known as FinFisher, sold by England-based Gamma Group.

Read more on Slate.

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