WhatsApp sues NSO Group for allegedly helping spies hack phones around the world

Re:WhatsApp sues NSO Group for allegedly helping spies hack ... by qtplatypus on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @12:13AM (#21394640)

I am not sure that I am uncomfortable with that. If you are using AT&T's network to commit abuse then you are disrupting the usefulness of that network. I think that the equivalent would be if you committed fraud using the postal system the postal service being able to take legal action against you.

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Re:WhatsApp sues NSO Group for allegedly helping spies hack ... by mcny on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @02:01AM (#21395028)

I'm very uncomfortable with the criminal aspects of cfaa (US government vs Joe Small Man) but I think I'm ok with civil cases as long as we agree that we are not into boats.

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Re:WhatsApp sues NSO Group for allegedly helping spies hack ... by qtplatypus on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @04:20AM (#21395549)

True. Though I can see some situations where the criminal aspects would be acceptable. Such as a case where hacking was the proximate cause of catastrophic harm (like a criminal using an insecure industrial control system to crash a power grid).

I am almost willing to support criminal aspects in this case. Extrajudicial killing was a predictable result in giving these tools to repressive governments.

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