Re:WhatsApp sues NSO Group for allegedly helping spies hack ...
by notacoward on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:08AM
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NSO founders' ties to the Israeli government are a bit more essential to their business than the Google example. See also the China examples from another commenter. I'll bet there are examples of "Russian company XYZ" as well. In cases like these, the nationality of the company and especially of its former-unit-8200 founders does seem rather germane.
Re:WhatsApp sues NSO Group for allegedly helping spies hack ...
by quickthrower2 on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @09:46PM
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Until I read the article, I assumed "NSO" would be a US government three letter agency. But hard to convey it is a company too in 80 chars I guess.
Re:WhatsApp sues NSO Group for allegedly helping spies hack ...
by catalogia on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @03:30AM
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The way the name "NSO" sounds like a government intelligence agency reminds me of the way "United States Chamber of Commerce" also confuses people: https://0x0.st/zYWr.png
For completeness, I do think the commenters pointing out a slightly nonstandard weirdness in the phrase "Israel's NSO"—like the one comparing to "America's Google"—have a fair point. (Exercise for the curious: have there ever been many titles like that?) But it was not the determining factor.