Mexico Has Its Spyware. A Reporter Has a Few Phones to Juggle.
When I was previously in Kabul, Afghanistan, a few of the other reporters teased me for using it,
but I’ve found it reassuring to always have my whereabouts available when I’m in remote areas without any service — especially if it’s a violent area or one where kidnapping is a possibility.
I’m pretty sure I was sent Pegasus, the spyware purchased by the Mexican government, and though I’ve wiped that phone and replaced it, I’m cautious.
Tech We’re Using By
AZAM AHMED
FEB. 28, 2018
How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives?
There’s no doubt it is using technology for surveillance, nor is there any doubt
that it is paying exorbitant sums for it, as seen by various contracts made public and emails related to the government’s purchases of Hacking Team software that leaked a few years back.
One reason is I don’t really have a fixed routine, given all the travel
and the nature of foreign correspondence, where you are often in different places, covering different stories.
I’ve never been an early adopter of the latest tech "it" item; my phones are really the only technology I can’t function without.