BANGKOK – Activists in Thailand are suing the government for using spyware technology to monitor dissidents, the first such case in the country that they hope will help raise awareness and better protect citizens who are subject to increasing surveillance. Legal non-profit iLaw said it is preparing a lawsuit against the Thai government for its alleged use of Israeli firm...
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"It is a difficult case, as we don't have evidence of who bought the software and who deployed it," said Yingcheep, 36, whose phone was infected 10 times with Pegasus. While Apple did not specify the technology used, the US firm had just that week filed a lawsuit against NSO Group and its parent company for alleged surveillance and targeting of US Apple users with Pegasus spyware.Pegasus – which turns a mobile phone into a surveillance device, using its microphone and cameras and accessing and exporting messages, photos and emails without the user's knowledge – is among the most invasive of spyware technologies, rights experts say.
The actual number of victims is likely to be much higher, as only iPhones can be tested, and not every victim had his phone examined, according to an investigation by iLaw, with digital rights group DigitalReach and Toronto-based Citizen Lab. In Europe, a committee is investigating the use of Pegasus and other surveillance technology, while members of the US Congress have called for preventing the abuse of spyware.
The Thai authorities have not commented on those reports. The country passed a personal data protection law in 2019, but it largely exempts government agencies.
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