Rights groups release anti-surveillance software


  • TECH
  • Friday, 21 Nov 2014

USEFUL: Journalists and activists will be able to check if they've been cyberspied upon with a new software called Detekt.

LONDON: A coalition of human rights and technology groups including Amnesty International launched new software to allow journalists and activists to check if their computers are being spied on. 

“Detekt is the first tool to be made available to the public that detects major known surveillance spyware,” Amnesty said in a statement, providing a link for free downloads of the software. 

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