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#431: Pegasus Spyware: so dangerous that it should be banned? OTW explains...

David Bombal

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The Rise of Zero-Day Malware

There is an industry of people who produce malware, zero-day malware that is sold to governments. It can extract SMS messages, other messaging apps, give geolocation, record video, record audio and pull the contacts out of your phone. As long as it's sold to the government, it's legal. And they can use it any way that they want. This goes beyond cyber security. This goes into privacy rights and human rights. We have to think about how do we address this? Is this legitimate?

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