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

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2015, @09:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2015, @09:28AM (#217308)

    What an absolutely ridiculous claim to make. How can you compare three numbers when two of them are corporate secrets? Also, Linux is a kernel, not an operating system...