US Limits Government Use of Advanced Smartphone Spyware

White House Says at Least 50 US Personnel Overseas Targeted by Commercial Spyware
The U.S. government limited its use of advanced surveillance software such as Pegasus through an executive order prohibiting agencies from buying licenses for spyware used by foreign governments to spy on dissidents. The order does not outright stop the government from purchasing spyware.

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