Legislation alone isn’t enough to stop spyware

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.

The use of spyware continues to make headlines across the globe. While primarily used by authoritarian regimes to track potentially sensitive subjects like political opponents or activists, governments from all over the world are guilty of entering into deals with companies that make spyware.

Many of these same governments (looking at you, U.S.) are still using this software despite active attempts to stop companies from creating and selling …

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