The Surveillance Catalog - Where governments get their tools

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[LibWhacker]

Documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal open a rare window into a new global market for the off-the-shelf surveillance technology that has arisen in the decade since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

The techniques described in the trove of 200-plus marketing documents include hacking tools that enable governments to break into people’s computers and cellphones, and "massive intercept" gear that can gather all Internet communications in a country.

The documents—the highlights of which are cataloged and searchable here...[snip]

[equaviator]

I’ve seen one of those 8 or 9 years ago. I pulled it out of a junk mail bin at an apartment complex. I held on to it for a month and then gave it to my 15 year-old nephew. He’s been working at a local credit union for the last five years or so.

[sauropod]

home

[Broker]

IPHONE and IPads; is there software to exponge trojan malware, etc from operating system?

[Spktyr]

Don’t need it. Apple’s walled garden approach means it pretty much can’t get in.

More, you can do a restore that wipes the device in minutes and recovers from the pristine Apple system image and downloaded app backups the device makes to your computer or iCloud.