The NGO Technology, Education, Development, Research and Communication (Tedic) said the government of Horacio Cartes bought a computer program called FinFisher, which, among other things, serves to control the communications of citizens through the Internet.
on the occasion of International Day of Safe Internet held Tuesday, Tedic released a report that is concerned about this and other “evidencing unsafe practices and violation of fundamental rights, “according to a dispatch from EFE.
FinFisher also serves to turn on remotely located cell phones off and intercepts video calls through the Skype program recognizes writing and keyboard , the NGO reported.
the report by the executive director of the organization, attorney Maricarmen Sequera, Tedic calls on the authorities to implement “the right to not violate rights enshrined in the Constitution guarantees “.
also considered necessary that” the Government, as part of a policy of transparency and effective accountability, issue reports on the criminal proceedings and intelligence activities carried out. “
According Tedic, Paraguay has legal frameworks against surveillance of communications and guarantees against interference and the use of state force against the liberties of the people.
But stressed that “recent research “show that the Government of Paraguay” has acquired technology to wiretaps, it has been reported with the Italian company Hacking Team, which provides software for mass surveillance and acquired FinFisher “software which monitors communications from any user on the Internet.
Sequera told Efe that the Paraguayan government may be using these tools to “vigilance against government opponents, activists and journalists.”
“it may actually be using it against businessmen and entrepreneurs because what this sector leads on the internet is an asset, “he stressed.
he further stated that without the minimum standards to safeguard the guarantees of fundamental rights could produce a” leakage of private information ” gathering these computer programs.
“If the private information that is collected will drain and monitors with software surveillance, the privacy of individuals but the democratic system it puts not only in danger,” he added.
the Paraguayan NGO Tedic is known for leading the fight against a bill that was rejected in Congress after a campaign dubbed him “pyrawebs” a game that mixes the concept of website the term in Guarani language “I pyragué”, with which it was known in Paraguay to informers and infiltrators Police dictatorship (1954-1989).
the online campaign went viral because the sensitivity that exists in the country by the fresh memory of the military regime that created the famous “Terror Files”, documents containing records of political affiliation and other personal data, used to suppress hundreds of thousands of people in South America. EFE
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