The decision lists disqualification criteria, including past use against the US government, sale to countries that exert political pressure, and software maliciously controlled by foreign governments.
Exceptions are possible, but only if the developers take appropriate precautions against abuse or if the spyware vendor is unaware of the potential abuse.
The order does not include a specific list of banned applications, but aims to avoid risks from commercial spyware such as NSO Group’s Pegasus.
We remember that it was used against heads of state, journalists and activists. Pegasus has already been banned in the US since the Commerce Department added NSO to its list of eligible organizations in 2021.
Source: Ferra
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