Hi all, I thought this list would be interested to know that the British Government has decided to place FinFisher under UK export controls. There are a ton of questions that remain to be answered, and it's only part of the bigger goal to control the export of surveillance technology, but it's a good first step!
> In a letter sent earlier in August to Privacy International's lawyers Bhatt > Murphy, a representative of the Treasury Solicitor stated: > > The Secretary of State, having carried out an assessment of the FinSpy system > to which your letter specifically refers, has advised Gamma International > that the system does require a licence to export to all destinations outside > the EU under Category 5, Part 2 (‘Information Security’) of Annex I to the > Dual-Use Regulation. This is because it is designed to use controlled > cryptography and therefore falls within the scope of Annex I to the Dual-Use > Regulation. The Secretary of State also understands that other products in > the Finfisher portfolio could be controlled for export in the same way." > > Press release is here: > https://www.privacyinternational.org/press-releases/british-government-admits-it-has-already-started-controlling-exports-of-gamma > > Full copy of the letter: > https://www.privacyinternational.org/sites/privacyinternational.org/files/downloads/press-releases/2012_08_08_response_from_tsol.pdf Best, Eric -- Eric King Head of Research, Privacy International +44 (0) 7986860013 | skype:blinking81 | @e3i5
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