Unsafe and unchecked: government use of spyware raging around the world https://www.accessnow.org/government-spyware-raging/ 19 July 2021
“Spyware is proving time and time again to be incompatible with human rights,” said Raman Jit Singh Chima, Global Cybersecurity Lead at Access Now. “No matter where it’s deployed, there are always opportunities for exploitation, and its rampant misuse is making global digital communications insecure.”
Natalia Krapiva, Tech Legal Counsel at Access Now. “The industry has shown that it is incapable of policing itself, while governments — including democratic states — are hiding behind national security to whitewash these surveillance abuses. We need regulation, transparency, and accountability now.”
Some surveillance technologies are so dangerous that they inevitably cause far more problems than they solve. The use of facial recognition and remote biometric technologies in publicly accessible spaces enables mass surveillance and discriminatory targeted surveillance. In such cases, the potential for abuse is too great, and the consequences too severe. https://www.accessnow.org/ban-biometric-surveillance/
Open letter calling for a global ban on biometric recognition technologies that enable mass and discriminatory surveillance https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/2021/06/BanBS-Statement-English.pdf