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German government admits buying Pegasus spyware

The German government admitted it obtained the Pegasus software, a spyware known for being used in totalitarian countries for persecuting dissidents. source: https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/08/german-government-admits-buying-pegasus-spyware/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/09/08/german-government-admits-buying-pegasus-spyware-archived-source/
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German government admits buying Pegasus spyware – archived source

German government admits buying Pegasus spyware, says ‘limited’ to respect privacy laws Ben Lovejoy – Sep. 8th 2021 4:19 am PT The German government has reportedly admitted to buying Pegasus spyware, despite the fact that using some of the functionality would break privacy laws in the country. Privacy is a particularly hot-button issue in the country, given the […]
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German police paid for trojan to access Skype user communication

The German police hired a company to create a trojan which aimed to gain access to users who use the Skype messenger, which was known at the time to be inaccessible to foreign parties due to the encryption and decentralized structure. The aim was to undermine the citizens secure communication capabilities. source: http://web.archive.org/web/20100924195846/http://news.techworld.com:80/security/11257/german-police-skype-hacking-leaked/ archived source: […]
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German police paid for trojan to access Skype user communication – archived source

German police Skype-hacking leaked Have they or haven’t they? By John Dunn | Techworld – Published: 16:50 GMT, 28 January 08 German police have hired a company to create Trojans capable of capturing traffic from Skype and SSL, leaked documents appear to show. The two scanned documents , which appear on the Wikileaks website in their German form, […]
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