Israeli Court Rules NSO Group Can Continue Exporting Spyware (vice.com) 39
The infamous spyware company NSO Group scored a major win in what critics are calling a "disgraceful ruling" in an Israeli court this week. From a report: The court ruled that NSO can keep exporting its hacking and surveillance tools, arguing that the human rights organization Amnesty International, which had sued the company in an attempt to block its exports, failed to prove that an NSO customer used its technology to spy on Amnesty staff. In 2018, as Motherboard reported at the time, Amnesty claimed to have found hackers spying on one of the organization's researchers using NSO spyware. After the incident, the organization sued NSO in Israel in an attempt to block the export of its surveillance technology. A Tel Aviv District Court judge dismissed the suit alleging Amnesty did not present enough evidence, and said Israel's Defence Ministry, which is tasked with overseeing the export of surveillance technologies, has the right safeguards in place to protect human rights.
Re: (Score:2)
Just in case it's not obvious to everyone where Israel gets most of the high technology that they then export . . .
Re: (Score:2)
When the US sold it's first AWAC to Israel it wasn't even a month before they had disassembled the entire electronics package, analyzed it, and resold the tech to China, along with the manuals. Nary a peep was heard from Washington.
Re: (Score:2)
Re: Business as usual (Score:2)
Due to Coronavirus there's a good chance it will be used on us Israeli citizens as well.
Re: Israel talking about human rights (Score:1)
As opposed to their Arab neighbors?
Or the worst human rights violators on the planet running the UN Human Rights Council? Do you find -that- rich?
Re: (Score:3)
Ah, so you don't understand how UN commissions run. Not a surprise.
The chairmanship of the commission rotates through all member states with seats on the commission, so if you don't want Country X to ever be chair you have to make sure they never get a seat on the commission. Still, chairmanship is mostly a figurehead position that just allows occasional grandstanding, the real work gets done by the staff in the field and the bureaucrats in the office.
Re: Israel talking about human rights (Score:2)
I understand perfectly. And you're ok with having the worst human rights violators run the Council.
These are the countries that vote and decide who gets a PR wrist slap and who gets ignored. Such as themselves. There is no "field work". It's a PR agency which has only had one purpose since the scumbags took over. To humiliate Israel as often as possible and bury their own much greater crimes.
Ridiculous but you knew all this and don't give a shit. I'm not going to give you the benefit of the doubt of b
Re: (Score:2)
So you're proposing to change the way UN commission chairmanship is allocated because you don't like one certain country occasionally called out? Go for it. What is your proposal? I'm actually curious as to whether you've thought this out or are just whining again.
MOSSAD has public courts ? (Score:2)
I thought this was just PR department
Amnesty International is a shit stain on humanity (Score:2, Interesting)
Lets just cut to the chase here. Fuck the politics and bullshit.
Regardless of how you feel about Israel or any other state for that matter that is doing the same fucking thing Russia, USA, UK, China, you name it is doing. Their jobs are to secure their states and that is what they are going to do.
Amnesty International is a different beast altogether. They claim their objectives are for humanity when instead, the result is everyone ignoring the plight of the people running from the shitholes they are bein
Re: (Score:1, Flamebait)
There is no end to the fucking shit eating knobs like you around here.
No one said it was okay you dumb fucking shitstain. I am just saying there is a bigger evil going on here, and it is the assclowns acting like they are the "good guys".
There is just much bigger fish to fry than fucking spyware exports! So called "humanitarians" like Amnesty International do not want the problems solved, just like people do not want racism solved, they only want to use the evils of the world to make a platform of power f
YOU are the biggest shit stain on humanity (Score:2)
Go lick yourself clean.
Re: (Score:2)
lol, I actually laughed at that one....
It's a good insult, mind if I add it to my repertoire? Aww... who cares, taking it anyways!
Appreciate the feed back ma'am or sir!
Re: (Score:2)
They claim their objectives are for humanity when instead, the result is everyone ignoring the plight of the people running from the shitholes they are being slaughtered in while no one does shit about it except blaming big nations while simultaneously saying that they should not interfere.
What? I tried hard but honestly couldn't understand what point you're trying to make. The result of what? Can you give examples?
Re: (Score:2)
Lol, you need examples? This article is one of them.
They are crying about Israel exporting spyware, but how much time does Amnesty International expend against nations trying to actively hurt Israel?
How about the whole mass migration going on around the world? There is a long establish moratorium on "imperialism" where governments invade other nations or extend their influence into their borders. So now that no one is allowed to invade other nations you do the next thing. You tell nations that have got
Re: (Score:2)
Sorry, SirAstral, I'm still struggling to recognize the logical connections in the argument you're making. I'll try to tease out what I think it might be...
Q1. Are your complaints related to the current article? Do you think that Amnesty, in trying to stop NSO from exporting spyware, has resulted in migrations?
Q2. I don't understand how your Israel angle stacks up. Amnesty wanted NSO not to export its spyware out of Israel. This wasn't an attack against the state of Israel, nor against the ability of Israel
Re: Amnesty International is a shit stain on human (Score:2)
*clicks user name*
*clicks "Foe"*
*stops clock*
Three seconds.
Israel protecting human rights? (Score:2)
That's the biggest joke of the year.
They are just adapthing to legealesed Ghislaining (Score:1)
They have been doing that for more than a decade throughout EU:
- Get list of targets, standing iin their way.
- mark them for further work
- compromise them in some way ( upload pedo r0n oin their comp/phone, extort them throuhgh their spouse/kids etc)
- use Anti-terror NATO security infrastructure on them
Just few days ago they "harvested" 30.000 new "pedophiles" in Germany:
https://www.reddit.com/r/consp... [reddit.com]
This is one of popular ways of doing it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/consp... [reddit.com]
https://www.reddit.com/r/consp.. [reddit.com]
Re: (Score:1)
BTW, those wanting to be early birds on the birth of the new Israel - Germany alliance are welcome to vote on a new flag:
https://www.reddit.com/r/consp... [reddit.com]
BUt ofcourse, only those outside of EU.
Not because of GDPR, but:
https://www.reddit.com/r/consp... [reddit.com]
and:
https://www.reddit.com/r/consp... [reddit.com]
Re: They are just adapthing to legealesed Ghislain (Score:2)
Uum, I know about the "upload incriminating evidence, then report them" strategy. In fact I could trivially do it to somebody myself. (Though I have no interest in ever looking up pedo stuff for this. I'm already traumatized enough.)
But what evidence do you base the assumption on, that those were not actually a pedo ring? Cause it's anything but implausible. My ex met one baby-raping dad herself. I reported one server maintainer myself, who offered that shit to me. I know the types. There's quite a few out
Re: (Score:2)
Eh, Ferengis.. whgere will you go wghen Belt&Roads come to your neighbourhood ?
BTW, all those UFOs abouve Area 51 - is that your Uber ?
So certain are you (Score:3)
As a privacy professional who does a lot of research into the world of databrokers, I am constantly surprised by the new ways that data is used to profile people. Thousands of "innovators" are imagining new "insights" that can squeeze out of my data, and most of those predictions will not be used to my advantage.
If I know anything, it's that I can no longer oversee it. But what I do feel certain about is that the current abuses are just the tip of the iceberg.
From that perspective it pains me to hear a judge proclaim that that everything is under control with such certainty.
Re: So certain are you (Score:2)
GDPR.
Had quite the impact here. No, they did not all stop. But you are told in advance now, and can usually choose not to. Plus data usage generally is curbed, as certain things just aren't postable on a poster on the door of a shop or tram, due to the social backlash.
And the criminals who do not oblige (like Google partially), are actually sued and forced.
I don't know who got the creeps behind te curtain who control the world leaders to finally care for of
privacy, but tjat guy or gal deserves a medal. One
The next step ... (Score:2)
Anybody? [sound of crickets]
Re: (Score:2)
Re: The next step ... (Score:2)
Yeah, like you, Mr. Armchair Holier-er-than-thou . And he would have bought the one made in NotChina, if it had been an easy choice.
At least his spirit is right. First step towards more.
And where are you?
Re: (Score:1)
So, how do we react, when *Israel* does state-spon (Score:2)
If it was any other middle-eastern state, we'd be talking about bombing them right now.
Israel truly is truly trampling on the corpses of Jewish WWII victims with spiked ice climber boots. They'd be best friends with Saudis and Russian Nazis if they weren't in the other camp. ;)
The whole thing is ridiculous. As average Israeli Jews are very nice people, except for that one thing where their eyes turn blood red and they start talking like SS Hitler Youth boys. (And my grandma met those and told my about them.
Well of course (Score:2)
arguing that the human rights organization Amnesty International, which had sued the company in an attempt to block its exports, failed to prove that an NSO customer used its technology to spy on Amnesty staff.
Well of course. When an organization is reporting on your human rights violations, there would be no amount of evidence they could produce to show harm. Wouldn't want the world to know how much you learned from the Nazis and are applying the same tactics.
Israel's Defence Ministry, which is tasked wi
Re: (Score:2)
Re: (Score:2)