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Fortnite game-maker Epic’s CEO slams Apple’s iPhone child abuse photos move, calls it ‘govt spyware’

Abiodun A. — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:25:58 +0000

Apple has revealed that it may look into users iPhones and check for child abuse photos when they are being uploaded onto iCloud in an attempt to wipe out this horrific online crime. However, while the attempt to address this issue has been on the agenda of all tech majors; this move by Apple has [...]

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Gantz, Israeli Defence Minister to discuss viral spyware Pegasus with France

Abiodun A. — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:02:17 +0000

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz will travel to France this week to discuss spyware sold by Israeli cyber firm NSO that was allegedly used to target French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron’s phone was on a list of targets that were possibly under surveillance by Morocc;, which used NSO Group’s Pegasus software, according to France’s Le [...]

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Spy technology against society, journalists concern: US on Pegasus

Abiodun A. — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 22:32:33 +0000

The US has said it is against the use of spying technology on civil society, regime critics and journalists through “extrajudicial means”; even as it maintained that it has no particular insight into the Pegasus snooping case in India. The alleged use of the Pegasus software to spy on politicians, journalists; human rights defenders and [...]

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Algeria launches probe into Pegasus spyware claim

Abiodun A. — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 10:13:28 +0000

Algeria on Thursday expressed “deep concern” following press reports; that it may have been the target of the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware as it launched a probe. The foreign ministry denounced what it termed an “inadmissible; systematic attack on human rights and fundamental freedoms” and singled out neighbouring Morocco for “spying on Algerian officials and citizens”. [...]

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French prosecutor opens probe after Pegasus spyware complaint

Abiodun A. — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 04:33:04 +0000

The Paris prosecutor’s office opened a probe on Tuesday into allegations by investigative news website Mediapart and two of its journalists; that they had been spied on by Morocco using the Pegasus spyware at the heart of a global scandal. An investigation published on Sunday by 17 media organisations, led by the Paris-based non-profit journalism [...]

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