"You cannot resist what you do not know, and the more you know, the better you can protect yourself and resist against the normalization of mass surveillance today," says digital rights activist Esra'a Al Shafei. She found FinFisher spyware on her device more than a decade ago. Now she's made it her mission to surveil the companies providing surveillanceware, their customers, and their funders.

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interview: Esra'a Al Shafei spoke with The Reg about the spy tech 'global trade'