Al Jazeera English published this fascinating insight into a variety of companies and techniques currently in use to monitor people through their smartphones — a story which began when one such hacking attempt was made against one of their journalists.
A 47 minute long, feature-length journey into some of the tactics currently used by state intelligence agencies of today.
Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “The Spy in Your Phone | Al Jazeera World” – below is their description.
In mid-2020, a mobile phone belonging to an Al Jazeera Arabic investigative team was hacked. Over the next few months, reporter Tamer Almisshal and the Canadian research group Citizen Lab investigated Pegasus, the sophisticated spyware used.
Pegasus is manufactured by an Israeli technology company called the NSO Group and is among the most advanced spyware in the world. It can access and infiltrate a smartphone without the owner clicking a link, opening an email or even answering their phone – meaning it can go undetected.
This investigation exposes how Pegasus works, how governments like Saudi Arabia and the UAE have bought the hugely expensive spyware and how it has been used beyond the stated intentions of the NSO Group of “developing technology to prevent and investigate terror and crime” – including to target journalists.
Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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