The World’s Most Terrifying Spyware | Investigators

Israeli cyber-surveillance company NSO Group’s Pegasus malware has reportedly been used in at least 45 countries worldwide to infect the phones of activists, journalists, and human rights defenders. This terrifying software can infiltrate your smartphone, collect your data and even listen to you... all without your knowledge.

A huge leak in July 2021, revealed 50,000 phone numbers that had been targeted; including president of France Emmanual Macron, and friends of the family of Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi in the lead up to his murder in 2018.

Eyal Weizman and Shourideh Molavi from Forensic Architecture used open-source investigation to gather reports of digital Pegasus infections to reveal how they relate to acts of violence in the real world.

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[moestacks]

Snowden warned us about this a decade ago lol.

[WillBRich]

Bruh….😳 I don’t think think people understand how this can effect the world in the next 10 years this is crazy

[dustinmitchell]

Pegasus says they want to prevent crime but it seems to me that this program is criminal in and of itself.

[thisisheaven]

Blacklist it, destroy it, and ban it from existence on the entire planet. It is a violation of privacy and could be considered wiretapping which is a crime, which needs to be changed to a Federal Crime. Any person who does such whether a citizen, or government official, or federal agents, or law enforcement should be considered guilty. Absolutely unacceptable. Change it now.

[automaticmattywhack]

Someone in Russia will find a way to copy this Pegasus and sell it to the public on the dark web.

[newgoliard]

Next on Vice News "Two Pegasus Investigators go missing"

[justinh]

This is the front line we're not hearing enough of.
Thank you to Vice and these two journalists!

[Mourele]

The Brazilian government tried to purchase a license of this… this is fucked up

[xoirdriox]

I admire the bravery of these two investigators and wonder how they sleep at night.

[liberty-matrix]

"No matter how paranoid or conspiracy minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you can imagine". ~William Blum

[suki]

If this is what we know about, imagine what we don't...

[umage]

they all just say its to "fight terrorism" they simply use fear as a way to get consent from the people

[lostcloud]

As they say; You'll appreciate the freedom once you lost it.
It's terrifying to see that we (as the public) are losing our freedom both in real life and on the internet. Keep fighting for freedom ✊

[em_yu]

"vets military's human rights records" is the best unintentional joke out there

[pocketmonkey]

NSO claims to vet its clients' human rights records, meanwhile being based in Israel which sets quite a low bar for those...

[billykobilca]

This story should be on all media stations world wide every week. This is news which is WORTHY of continual investigations and reporting.
Power to the people and not the few.

[kennyvdequetzalcoatl]

Remember back in the day when someone was peeking in on your private life, they were called creeps.
Still are.

[jezcoates]

Solution:
Non smart phone: $80
Digital camera: $300
GPS unit: $300
Still cheaper than a mobile phone

[oavenegas]

Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

[cookiemonster]

Dude, the NSO company logo looks like some movie villain type deal, but the company headquarters being next to a hummus place kind of takes away from that 😂