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Spyware-for-cops Hacking Team faces off against privacy critics

Mephistro

Re: Kaspersky should be worried about what Russia sells to authoritarian regimes...

"Looks like some competitors wish to target Hacking Team - as if it was the only companies developing and selling such tools"

Sorry to dissent, but the competitors are probably crossing their fingers for not being affected by the potential fallout of this. If the public's eye focuses on this issue, chances are that these competitors will also suffer the consequences. Giving hacking tools the legal status of 'ammunition' could potentially put these companies under several levels -local and international- of regulation, and smother them in red tape. Which would be a good thing, imo.

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