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Re:Bezos Investigation Says the Saudis Obtained His Private ... by lawnchair_larry on Saturday March 30, 2019 @07:17PM (#19532593)
It sounds like the investigator has no evidence that the Saudis did anything at all.

But yes, most governments that do any intelligence work at all do develop and/or buy Android and IOS 0day and rootkit tools from shady private companies.

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Re:Bezos Investigation Says the Saudis Obtained His Private ... by meowface on Saturday March 30, 2019 @08:40PM (#19532912)
Why do you say they have no evidence? They claim to have a lot of evidence but decided not to disclose it here due to officials currently investigating the case. Sure, they could be lying, or the evidence could be not as strong as they suggest, but they seem confident that there is strong evidence that the Saudi government accessed Bezos' phone.
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Re:Bezos Investigation Says the Saudis Obtained His Private ... by jjeaff on Saturday March 30, 2019 @08:50PM (#19532950)
That's not what the article says. De Becker claims to have extensive evidence that the Saudi's did it.
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Re:Bezos Investigation Says the Saudis Obtained His Private ... by fogetti on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:10PM (#19533306)
De Becker claims to have evidence and lawnchair_harry claims there is none (we haven't seen any at least). De Becker has all the reasons to bluff while lawnchair_harry has all the reasons to be skeptical. I am not sure why is he downvoted.
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Re:Bezos Investigation Says the Saudis Obtained His Private ... by archgoon on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:15AM (#19533818)
What reason does de Becker have to falsely accuse the Saudi Government of hacking Jeff's phone? I don't see any upside for Bezos and de Becker to make themselves enemies of the Saudi Arabian government.
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Re:Bezos Investigation Says the Saudis Obtained His Private ... by nindalf on Sunday March 31, 2019 @09:17AM (#19535416)
There’s no downside. Bezos and the Saudis are already enemies because of the Washington Post’s coverage. What’s this article going to do? Make MBS feel sad?
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