Biden Acts to Restrict U.S. Government Use of Spyware

[BidenPresident]

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Monday signed an executive order restricting American government use of a class of powerful surveillance tools that have been abused by both autocracies and democracies around the world to spy on political dissidents, journalists and human rights activists.

The tools in question, known as commercial spyware, give governments the power to hack the mobile phones of private citizens, extracting data and tracking their movements. The global market for their use is booming, and some U.S. government agencies have studied or deployed the technology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/us/politics/biden-spyware-executive-order.html

 

[BidenPresident]

The executive order prohibits federal government departments and agencies from using commercial spyware that might be abused by foreign governments, could target Americans overseas or could pose security risks if installed on U.S. government networks. The order covers only spyware developed and sold by commercial entities, not tools built by American intelligence agencies.

 

[Hawkeye10]

The Swamp only follows the laws and EOs it feels like following, and they lie to us constantly, something to remember when power tells you that they are making a new rule/law.

 

[Yakuda]

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Monday signed an executive order restricting American government use of a class of powerful surveillance tools that have been abused by both autocracies and democracies around the world to spy on political dissidents, journalists and human rights activists.

The tools in question, known as commercial spyware, give governments the power to hack the mobile phones of private citizens, extracting data and tracking their movements. The global market for their use is booming, and some U.S. government agencies have studied or deployed the technology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/us/politics/biden-spyware-executive-order.html

So you're saying the govt has been spying on it's citizens. So when trump claims he was spied on it seems very likely that he was right. Thanks for confirming that.