Tool for detecting government spyware Amnesty anti-spyware app tells you if the government is watching you

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A software tool to enable journalists, human rights and others defenders to scan their computers for known surveillance spyware has been released by Amnesty International and a coalition of human rights and technology organizations.

The app was developed by German security researcher Claudio Guarnieri, and it’s launched by Amnesty in Nov 2014 in partnership with civil rights and consumer protection organisations Digitale Gesellschaft from Germany, Electronic Frontier Foundation from the US and Privacy International from the UK.