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2019-11-02 Cyber

Israel’s NSO Group said to hack senior officials in US-allied states on Whatsapp

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-11-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 So, NSO doesn't actually spy on anybody - it sells software that makes such spying possible?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-02 05:31|| 2019-11-02 05:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Yupp. I could name some others but shant.

Magnificent finaglers of fool flibbertigibbets, those guys. I wish I could describe how such contrivances help us. Suffice to say they lay bare the entire intercourse of an insurgent group who comes to depend on electronic conversations for daily coordination etc.

Indian laws are so flexible thank Gawd that we don't really need to 'establish guilt' like western courts do. If you even shared a friggin' joke with a known extremist, insulted even the idea of India or a head of state - you're fucked. Which seems excessive I know.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-11-02 06:55|| 2019-11-02 06:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Which seems excessive I know.

History teaches that there isn't a law that cannot be perverted - laws are like guns.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-02 07:06|| 2019-11-02 07:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Wonder, if NSO also has software that blocks the malware. Well, if they don't, another Israeli company will come up with one.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-02 07:07|| 2019-11-02 07:07|| Front Page Top

#5 People only call it malware because it's invasive. It doesn't really steal data for nefarious purposes. It think there should be another name... sniffware or something ? It just lets us know if something dastardly is up.

And mind you, the authorities are rather liberal and tolerant. They won't arrest people or beat them up for just talking. That is only logged, for later use in a trial or request for warrants. No, we 'fascists' will only act when 'the bombs are in the car', 'the comrades are on the way', or 'the package has been delivered.'

Posted by Dron66046 2019-11-02 07:24|| 2019-11-02 07:24|| Front Page Top

#6 um, Facebook?! is suing because somebody is spying??

Posted by Mercutio 2019-11-02 08:54|| 2019-11-02 08:54|| Front Page Top

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