British Firm Offered Spy Software To Egypt -- Washington Times
Activists say they were the targets.
Egyptian anti-regime activists found a startling document last month during a raid inside the headquarters of the country’s state security service: A British company offered to sell a program that security experts say could infect dissidents’ computers and gain access to their email and other communications.
The discovery highlights the emerging market of Western companies that sell software to security services from the Middle East to China to spy on the kinds of social media activists who recently toppled regimes in Egypt and Tunisia.
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My Comment: Weapon systems, ammunition, communications and other electronic equipment .... there are bans in place to insure that such cargo does not go to certain governments and their security agencies. But should software also be banned?
What is my position .... good luck on trying to enforce such a ban.
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