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Software Meant to Fight Crime Is Used to Spy on Dissidents...

http://www.nytimes.com

Gotta wonder- do Liberty Activists qualify as "Dissidents"? If not now, When? I bet it's only a matter of time. ON TO THE STORY: The software proved to be the stuff of a spy film: it can grab images of computer screens, record Skype chats, turn on cameras and microphones and log keystrokes. Morgan Marquis-Boire works as a Google engineer and Bill Marczak who is earning a Ph.D. in computer science said they discovered mobile versions of the spyware customized for all major mobile phones.

But what made the software especially sophisticated was how well it avoided detection. Its creators specifically engineered it to elude antivirus software made by Kaspersky Lab, Symantec, F-Secure and others.

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