Re:Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journa...
by dillondoyle on Sunday July 18, 2021 @06:27PM
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The articles show that his wife (or whoever was his partner idk status) was hacked around the time of his murder.
Also reports Mexican journalist was hacked, then executed right after at an obscure location. Heavily implies GPS tracking was used for the hit.
These firms are helping authoritarian regimes kill and imprison journalists. The journalists who survive by being paranoid will be made less effective by having to use less effective methods of communication, which likely aren't understood by the people journalists talk to (whistleblowers, witnesses, etc.)