Emva kolwaphulo-mthetho ngoMeyi ophelileyo, ethe yangoku ichaphazele izixhobo ezimalunga ne-1,400. UWhatsApp uqhube uphando ngaphakathi ebambisene neCape Citizen Lab, iqela leengcali zokhuseleko lwekhompyuter kwiLebhu yoPhando ngoKhuseleko kwiCyber eCanada, I-WhatsApp ifumanise ukuba abahlaseli basebenzise iiseva ezinxulumene ne-NSO.
Injalo indlela UWhatsApp uthathe isigqibo sokufaka isimangalo ngokuchasene nenkampani yakwa-Israeli Iqela le-NSO, libanga ukuba belisemva kohlaselo olukhulu lwe-WhatsApp. I-Facebook (inkampani yabazali bakaWhatsApp) ityhola i-NSO kwinkundla yomanyano eSan Francisco ukuququzelela ukukhwabanisa kumazwe angama-20. I-Mexico, i-United Arab Emirates kunye ne-Bahrain kuphela kwamazwe achongiweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
ILebhu yabemi, kwelakhe icala, wathi ngexesha lophando lwakhe wachonga amatyala angaphaya kwekhulu okuhlaselwa Ukuhlukumeza ngokuchasene nabakhuseli bamalungelo oluntu kunye neentatheli kumazwe angama-20 ubuncinci kwihlabathi liphela, avela kwi-spyware yeqela le-NSO.
I-Facebook iqinisekisile ngoMeyi ophelileyo ubukho be Isiphene kwiVoIP ebhalwe ngokufihlakeleyo yomyalezo osisigxina. Lo Ukuba sesichengeni kuvunyelwe ukwenziwa kwekhowudi ekude Kwii-smartphones ze-Android okanye ze-iOS zokwazisa nge-spyware, iPegasus, ephuhliswe liQela le-NSO.
Uhlaselo luhamba ngomnxeba we-WhatsApp ngaphandle kwabasebenzisi ekujongwe ukuba baphendule. Ke ngoko, umnxeba osileleyo ulula ukosulela iselfowuni.
Ngaloo nto Unokuvula ikhamera yekhamera kunye nemakrofoni Isifo sefowuni esosulelekileyo sokubamba umsebenzi owenzeka kufutshane nefowuni kunye nokusebenzisa umsebenzi weGPS ukulandelela indawo kunye nokuhamba kwethagethi.
Kwaye sikwazile ukudibanisa ezinye iiakhawunti ze-WhatsApp ezisetyenzisiweyo ngexesha lokusebenza kakubi kwi-NSO. Uhlaselo lwabo belunobunkunkqele, kodwa abakwazanga ukuzicima ngokupheleleyo iindlela zabo, utshilo uWill Cathcart, intloko yeWhatsApp.
Ngexesha lokuhlaselwa, njenganamhlanje emva kwale ntlawulo, I-NSO iyayikhanyela
"Ngamagama anamandla, sicelomngeni kwizityholo zanamhlanje kwaye sizokulwa nazo ngamandla."
Injongo kuphela ye-NSO kukubonelela ngetekhnoloji kurhulumente ogunyazisiweyo wezobuntlola kunye neearhente zokunyanzeliswa komthetho ukubanceda ukuba balwe nobunqolobi nolwaphulo-mthetho olubi. Itekhnoloji yethu ayenzelwanga ukuba isetyenziswe ngokuchasene nabalweli bamalungelo oluntu kunye neentatheli, "yatsho ingxelo yenkampani.
Inkampani izama ukucacisa ukuba amaqonga emiyalezo ebhaliweyo "ahlala esetyenziswa ziinethiwekhi zabaxhaphazi, abathengisi beziyobisi kunye nabanqolobi ukukhusela imisebenzi yabo yolwaphulo-mthetho."
Nangona kunjalo, yi-NSO etyikitya izivumelwano nabaxumi bayo, kodwa inkampani iyayigcina loo nto «Nakuphi na okunye ukusetyenziswa kweemveliso zethu Ngaphandle kothintelo lolwaphulo-mthetho olunobuzaza kunye nobunqolobi kukuxhatshazwa, okuthi kuyathintelwa kwizivumelwano zethu, ukongeza kuloo nto siyenzayo ukuba sifumanisa ukuba kukho nasiphi na isenzo gwenxa.
Ngaphandle kwamazwe achaphazelekayo, umsantsa kaMay wawuchaphazele nabantu abaziwayo kumabonakude, abantu ababhinqileyo abadumileyo ababejolise kwimikhankaso yentiyo kwi-intanethi, nabantu ababengamaxhoba "okuzama ukubulala nokufa, kunye nezisongelo zobundlobongela", ngophando olwenziwe nguWhatsApp kunye neCape Citizen Lab.
NgokukaScott Watnik, Umongameli wefemi yomthetho wokuqina kwezokhuseleko, esi sikhalazo sinokudala umzekelo wezomthetho.
Inyani yokuba enye itekhnoloji iyitshutshisa esidlangalaleni enye inoveli. Ezi nkampani zithande ukunqanda ukumangalelwa ukuze zingavezi okuninzi malunga neenkqubo zazo zokhuseleko. Umthetho ufuna ukuthintela i-NSO ukuba ingene okanye izame ukufikelela kwiinkonzo ze-WhatsApp kunye ne-Facebook kwaye ifuna umonakalo ongachazwangas.
Isoftware ye-cyber espionage yakwa-Israyeli sele ibandakanyekile kwinani lokuxhatshazwa kwamalungelo abantu eLatin America nakuMbindi Mpuma. Kodwa nakwisikrelemnqa ePanama kunye neenzame zobugqwetha zomsebenzi wase-London waseAmnesty International.
Ukuba ufuna ukwazi ngakumbi ngayo, unokujonga kupapasho lwantlandlolo Kule khonkco ilandelayo.