People are freaking out about reports of NSO Group’s Pegasus surveillance tool being used to spy on journalists, political dissidents, and other opponents of regimes worldwide. It’s disheartening, and worth discussing. But why are we shocked? In Pegasus’ case, the game theory is clear: some company was bound to develop surveillance software, some less-than-scrupulous government was bound to buy it, and they’d eventually get caught.
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We’re Late Closing the Barn Door on Pegasus
Posted by: Jonathan Terrasi August 12, 2021 04:00 AMPeople are freaking out about reports of NSO Group’s Pegasus surveillance tool being used to spy on journalists, political dissidents, and other opponents of regimes worldwide. It’s disheartening, and worth discussing. But why are we shocked? In Pegasus’ case, the game theory is clear: some company was bound to develop surveillance software, some less-than-scrupulous government was bound to buy it, and they’d eventually get caught.