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This is according to a new report fromGoogle, which highlights the growing concern of commercially developed spyware.

Now, according toGoogles latest Buying Spying report, it tracks around 40 Commercial Surveillance Vendors (CSV).

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Some are more popular than others, but all play an important role in developing spyware, it said.

One of their bigger roles is discovering zero-day vulnerabilities.

This prompted the US, for example, to blacklist NSO Group.

Furthermore, the demand for turnkey espionage solutions is on the rise.

CSVs have proliferated hacking and spyware capabilities that weaken the safety of the internet for all.

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