"'Predator Files' Report Prompts Call for Worldwide Ban on Spyware"
"'Predator Files' Report Prompts Call for Worldwide Ban on Spyware"
Amnesty International has reported on a series of Predator spyware attacks against EU, US, and Asia civil society, journalists, politicians, and academics. The human rights group noted that the severity of these attacks warrants a global ban on spyware. Amnesty International's secretary general, Agnes Callamard, said that Intellexa alliance, the European-based developers of Predator and other surveillance products, have not limited who can use this spyware and for what purpose.