Biden moves to prohibit government use of spyware that poses national security risk

U.S. bans government agencies from using spyware 'Operationally'

President Joe Biden is using his executive privilege to ban U.S. government agencies from using spyware operationally. The executive order targets tools deemed threat to national security or implicated in human rights abuses. This comes as bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers call for international coalition aimed at the fighting spyware. It can threaten American diplomats and a dozen state department employees phones were hacked in 2021. The …

President Biden bans federal agencies from using some spyware

The US government have been banned from using commercially developed spyware, after President Biden signed a new executive order halting the use of such tools.The order forbids government bodies, including police forces, the military, and intelligence agencies, from using mobile spyware apps designed in the private sector for espionage and data theft. This includes Pegasus, a tool developed by the now-infamous Israeli software firm NSO Group, wh…

U.S. to adopt new restrictions on using commercial spyware

The U.S. government will restrict its use of commercial spyware tools.

U.S. to adopt new restrictions on using commercial spyware

US: Biden signs executive order restricting use of commercial spyware

An executive order limiting the government's use of commercial spyware technology that has been used to target people of political descent around the world was signed by US President Joe Biden.

US to adopt new restrictions on using commercial spyware

The US government will restrict its use of commercial spyware tools that have been used to surveil human rights activists, journalists and dissidents around the