While Finfisher and company are not American entities, the targets in this case have been U.S. persons. I suggest those with time and interest write to their members on Congress on the horrible lack of regulation over these weapons, particularly if your representation had the foresight to oppose arms sales to Bahrain this year.
Ron Wyden, United States Senator James P. McGovern, Member of Congress Barbara Boxer, United States Senator John Conyers, Jr., Member of Congress Jeff Merkley, United States Senator Peter A. DeFazio, Member of Congress Keith Ellison, Member of Congress Bob Filner, Member of Congress Raul M. Grijalva, Member of Congress Janice Hahn, Member of Congress Rush D. Holt, Member of Congress Michael M. Honda, Member of Congress Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Member of Congress Barbara Lee, Member of Congress Jim McDermott, Member of Congress James P. Moran, Member of Congress John W. Olver, Member of Congress Janice D. Schakowsky, Member of Congress Pete Stark, Member of Congress Maxine Walters, Member of Congress Lynn C. Woolsey, Member of Congress Tom Harkin, United States Senator Robert Mendendez, United States Senator Sherrod Brown, United States Senator On Wednesday, July 25, 2012, Jacob Appelbaum <[email protected]> wrote: > Ronald Deibert: >> For Immediate Release >> >> From Bahrain With Love: FinFisher’s Spy Kit Exposed? >> >> July 25, 2012 -- The Citizen Lab announces the publication of a detailed post analyzing several pieces of malware targeting Bahraini dissidents, shared with us by Bloomberg News. > > I just wanted to say that this is the best news I've read in a very long > time. Thanks for your efforts on this - FinFisher is bad news and you're > helping a lot of people by exposing their targeted malware. > > In an ideal world, I'd like to see a tool for detecting FinSpy on a disk > - it should be possible for the currently deployed FinSpy stuff - I > suspect they'll make some changes soon but that won't make too much of a > difference for the cache of disks already sitting in a lab. > > The FinSpy network traffic is also really interesting - the fact that > they don't stand up to the most obvious of traffic analysis is > *hilarious* and so fitting. > > All the best, > Jake > _______________________________________________ > liberationtech mailing list > [email protected] > > Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" > > You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. > > Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech > -- *Collin David Anderson* averysmallbird.com | @cda | Washington, D.C.
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