They illegally spied on journalists, environmentalists and human rights activists by spyware and adware put in within the Android working system of their smartphones. This is denounced within the report “A Digital Prison”: Surveillance and the Suppression of Civil Society in Serbia”: the doc factors the finger on the police and secret providers of Belgradewhich they allegedly used illegally NoviSpy, software program from the Israeli Cellebrite developed for evidentiary use in authorized proceedings.
«Tools of management and repression»
Second Dinushika Dissanayakedeputy director of Amnesty for Europe who signed the report, Cellebrite merchandise signify «a huge threat when used exterior of strict authorized supervision».
In reality, they’re applied sciences doubtlessly able to remodeling themselves into «devices of broader state management and direct repression in opposition to civil society.”
Remote access to microphone and camera
Although less advanced than very sophisticated spyware like Pegasuswhich at the time was at the center of a major scandal, NoviSpy allows the Serbian authorities to obtain personal data also through remotely turning on your smartphone’s microphone or camera.
According to the report, among the “victims” of the spyware and adware there are additionally the Serbian investigative journalist Slaviša Milanov and the environmentalist Nikola Ristić.
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