On September 14, the European Parliament’s inquiry committee to investigate the use of #NSO’s Pegasus and other spyware organized a hearing on the use of spyware in Poland. You can watch the recording here. multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin…
The inquiry committee traveled to Tel Aviv in July to meet with various people, including #NSO's co-founder and then-CEO @Shalevhulio. He argued that NSO is a company that at least tries to work on regulation, while competing with many others who are not.
The inquiry committee was informed that #NSO's Pegasus had been purchased by 14 member states in total, and that the licenses of 2 EU member states were terminated because of non-compliance with the user agreement.
The committee is heading to Poland next week! So far one minister has said he's not available, another has not committed to a meeting. Makes it even more challenging for the European Parliament committee to get a full picture of how and when spyware is used in Poland.
Imagine suddenly receiving a warning from Apple that your phone has potentially been compromised, then find that it happened not once, not twice, but six times. Ewa Wrzosek, a Warsaw district prosecutor, shared her experience with the Pegasus inquiry committee yesterday.
While answering questions from the Pegasus inquiry committee, Ewa Wrzosek had this great response to the argument that "if you have nothing to hide, then..." You can have nothing to hide *and* have a right to privacy. They're not mutually exclusive.
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