UK wants to regulate exports of spy software
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The British government wants to regulate the export of surveillance software FinFisher of Gamma International future, as stated in a report by the Guardian. Accordingly, the Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSOL), the British government support in legal matters, found in a study that the FinFisher manufacturer needed for export of its software in countries outside the EU for a license. This is due to the encryption functions of monitoring software.
The study results were known by a letter, which was sent to the TSOL the civil rights group Privacy International. The organization has been fighting for some time, however, that monitoring tools such FinFisher be sold to oppressive regimes like Iran. In the letter, according to the Guardian, the TSOL has also stated that the British Government would not issue the necessary license for the export of software to Syria and Iran.
Privacy International welcomes the move of the British government, but stressed that it was only a drop in the bucket and you have to try now, the export restrictions make it available to other UK companies asserted that offer products for telecommunication surveillance - according to the organization nearly 260 Company.
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