Dozens of women across India, the Middle East and North Africa who were likely targeted for surveillance by governments using Pegasus spyware are now at a heightened risk of being blackmailed or harassed, tech experts and victims said.
Developed by Israeli tech firm NSO, Pegasus turns a mobile phone into a surveillance device using its microphone and cameras and accessing and exporting messages, photos and e-mails without the user’s knowledge.
Deploying the software in countries with few privacy protections, restricted freedom of expression and broadly conservative societies can pose a particular risk to women, rights activists warned.
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S osudem princezny Latify (35), dcery dubajského korunního prince, premiéra Spojených arabských emirátů (SAE) a v podstatě nejmocnějšího muže země, šejcha Muhammada bin Rašíd Al Maktúma (72), se stále pojí mnoho otázek. Princezna byla od roku 2018 po neúspěšném pokusy o útěk v domácím vězení, letos se ale na instagramu začaly objevovat snímky z její „svobody“. Ten poslední zachycuje Latifu na dovolené na Islandu a vedl k rozpuštění kampaně za její osvobození, uvedla stanice Sky News. Jak však uvádí řada komentářů pod fotkou, princezna Latifa vypadá „odevzdaně a smutně“.
The campaign to free Princess Latifa, the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, has been disbanded after she was pictured with a family member in Iceland. The image was posted on Instagram by a British woman and appears to show the princess standing next to her cousin. The BBC broadcast footage