Ugandan Government Allegedly Uses FinFisher Spyware
Whenever the terms “government” and “surveillance technology” are mentioned in the same sentence, people will hold their breath in anticipation of another scandal. A recent report, published by Privacy International, documents the campaign to vanquish Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s opposition movements. If that wasn’t enough, the report also claims a new communications monitoring center is on the horizon. In this day and age of technological innovation, it doesn’t take that much effort to spy on people. One particular type of spyware called FinFisher, can easily remotely monitor....
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