Spyware are still having a ‘ball’ despite a decade of warnings
On November 7, Binding Hook published an article by Sophie in ‘t Veld arguing that spyware is a clear and present danger to our democracies. Having led the European Parliament’s yearlong investigation into spyware, in ‘t Veld is well acquainted with the tools and their impact on victims around the world, not to mention the vendors, the NGOs who expose them, and the actors who knowingly spread disinformation about their research.
In ‘t Veld says that the only upside to this spyware debacle “is that it is covered with the correct amount of urgency by some of the finest journalists in Europe.”
“With many parliaments unaware of the problem and courts too slow or unable to push back, much now depends on the Fourth Estate. It is up to the press to keep the fire burning until more politicians wake up to the danger”, she writes.
But the fire has been burning for over a decade and not much has been done to curb the threat, despite the efforts of numerous journalists, technologists, and security researchers. I wrote more about that in an article for Binding Hook, published this morning. You can read it here.