{"id":173073,"date":"2023-03-27T16:57:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T16:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=173073"},"modified":"2023-03-27T16:57:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T16:57:29","slug":"biden-moves-to-limit-government-use-of-commercial-spyware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-moves-to-limit-government-use-of-commercial-spyware\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden moves to limit government use of commercial spyware"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe Biden speaks at an event in the East Room of the White House on March 23. Photo: Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
President Biden signed an executive order Monday banning U.S. government agencies and departments from using commercial spyware that could pose national security risks or be misused to imperil human rights globally.<\/p>\n
Why it matters:<\/strong> The proliferation of commercial spyware in the past few years has been accompanied by "few controls and high risk of abuse," according to a White House fact sheet.<\/p>\n State of play: <\/strong>The executive order will apply to both domestic and foreign companies.<\/p>\n What they're saying:<\/strong> The executive order is a "concrete demonstration of U.S. leadership and commitment to countering the misuse of commercial spyware and other surveillance technology," the senior administration official said, tying the announcement to the White House's Summit for Democracy this week.<\/p>\n The big picture: <\/strong>The government has identified devices associated with 50 U.S. government personnel abroad \u2014 across at least 10 countries \u2014 that have been confirmed or suspected of having been targeted by commercial spyware, the senior administration official said.<\/p>\n The NSO Group's Pegasus<\/strong> has become one of the most well-known cases of commercial spyware.<\/p>\n\n
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