Mexico Has Its Spyware. A Reporter Has a Few Phones to Juggle.<br />When I was previously in Kabul, Afghanistan, a few of the other reporters teased me for using it,<br />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.<br />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.<br />Tech We’re Using By<br />AZAM AHMED<br />FEB. 28, 2018<br />How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives?<br />There’s no doubt it is using technology for surveillance, nor is there any doubt<br />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.<br />One reason is I don’t really have a fixed routine, given all the travel<br />and the nature of foreign correspondence, where you are often in different places, covering different stories.<br />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.
