In recent years, spyware has emerged as one of the gravest threats to human rights and a central instrument of repression and social control.
Intrusive by design, it operates silently in the background, stripping away what should be every person’s safest sanctuary – privacy. At first glance, its use can appear justified – safeguarding national security, fighting organized crime, or protecting the public interest. Yet beneath these seemingly legitimate arguments lies a technology fundamentally at odds with the rule of law and the principles of democratic societies