Austrian government faces likely legal challenge over state spyware | Computer Weekly
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The Austrian government is likely to face legal challenges after it succeeded on its fifth attempt to pass a law this month giving the country’s intelligence service legal powers to deploy spyware on phones and computers. Civil society groups are holding discussions with MPs who voted against the new surveillance measures, on a legal challenge to Austria’s constitutional court.
  • MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    State-sponsored spyware is always concerning because it can backdoor your devices even with good opsec, which is why legal challenges like this are so important for establishing boundries on what governments can do with our data.