Infamous surveillance tech vendor makes pledge to follow UN human rights policy

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/surveillance-tech-vendor-makes-pledge-to-follow-un-human-rights-policy/

By Catalin Cimpanu
Zero Day
ZDNet News
September 11, 2019

NSO Group, an Israeli company known for selling surveillance software (spyware) 
to governments across the world, has made a pledge this week to follow the UN's 
human rights framework and adopt measures to prevent customers from abusing its 
tools to do harm.

The company's move comes after it's been accused of selling spyware to 
oppressive regimes, which in turn, used it to spy on journalists, human rights 
activists, and political opponents.

NSO has always denied having any knowledge of these abuse while they were going 
on, and has always said it only wanted to sell surveillance technology to law 
enforcement authorities across the world.

However, multiple reports have linked the company's tools to incidents where 
its software had been installed on the devices of people who had not committed 
any crimes, other than criticizing governments or investigating incumbent 
officials. Amnesty International activists, journalists in Mexico, and Saudi 
dissidents have had phones infected with potent iOS or Android spyware that 
investigators linked back to the company.

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