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Detekt Version 2.0 is Out (Jul 28, 2015)

posted by janrinok on Monday August 03 2015, @01:10AM   Printer-friendly
from the caveat-emptor dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Detekt is a free tool that scans your computer for traces of known surveillance spyware used by governments to target and monitor human rights defenders and journalists around the world. By alerting them to the fact that they are being spied on, they will have the opportunity to take precautions.

It was developed by security researchers and has been used to assist in Citizen Lab's investigations into government use of spyware against human rights defenders, journalists and activists as well as by security trainers to educate on the nature of targeted surveillance.

Amnesty International is partnering with Privacy International, Digitale Gesellschaft and the Electronic Frontier Foundation to release Detekt to the public for the first time."

The Windows version can be downloaded here; other than source code there doesn't seem to be a Linux or iOS specific version. More general information is here.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2015, @02:20AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2015, @02:20AM (#217190)
    It's not Google. The handset makers are entirely to blame for this. Google's Nexus devices keep getting updates to the most recent versions of Android as long as the devices are capable of handling it. My nearly four-year old Nexus 4 was running official Lollipop 5.1.1 until an accident with the charging cable catapulted it across the room and cracked the screen. My 2013-vintage Nexus 7 is also running Lollipop 5.1.1. My Oppo Find 7a is running 5.1.1 too thanks only to the efforts of third-party developers: it's not Google's fault that Oppo's most recent official firmware is still based on Jellybean and KitKat, and they're one of the better manufacturers when it comes to official firmware updates.
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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2015, @02:30AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2015, @02:30AM (#217195)

    My nearly four-year old Nexus 4 was running official Lollipop 5.1.1 until an accident with the charging cable catapulted it across the room and cracked the screen.

    Tell us more about your wild sex life involving four-year-olds, lollipops, and charging cables.

  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2015, @04:26AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2015, @04:26AM (#217235)

    If you want to be spied on, just say "hey google." Actually, it's already listening to you by the time you said that. Google is spying on you almost as much as MS with W10.

    I mean, why does wallpaper need access to your location data? Or a card game need to see your entire contact list? Ever since I got an Android phone, I've been waiting to root it and install something like Cyanogenmod - though I don't know if I can trust that yet. I'm waiting for a stable version to be available.

    My response to W10 is to install Linux on my laptop.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2015, @09:23AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2015, @09:23AM (#217306)

      Ever since I got an Android phone, I've been waiting to root it and install something like Cyanogenmod

      Suggesting http://replicant.us/ [replicant.us] (cyanogen's full of binary blobs and partly owned by Micro$oft)

  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday August 05 2015, @12:09AM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday August 05 2015, @12:09AM (#218238)

    It IS Google's fault. They control the Android trademark. They should set requirements for handset makers to be able to use that trademark and call their phone an "Android phone", and one of those requirements should be that they do updates, esp. security updates, for as long as people have the phone.

    Google hasn't done a damn thing to try to pressure the handset makers into fixing this problem. Since "Android" is part of "Google", I blame Google just as much as I do the handset makers.