Israel police uses NSO’s Pegasus to spy on citizens

Re:Israel police uses NSO’s Pegasus to spy on citizens by pthread_t on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:38PM (#29989222)

"a 2013 National Intelligence Estimate on cyber threats “ranked Israel the third most aggressive intelligence service against the US” behind only China and Russia" [1]

"Israel among the U.S.’s most threatening cyber-adversaries and as a “hostile” foreign intelligence service." [2]

"Israel’s snooping upset White House because information was used to lobby Congress to try to sink a deal" [3]

[1] https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-nsa-document-highlights-is...

[2] https://theintercept.com/2015/03/25/netanyahus-spying-denial...

[3] https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-spied-on-iran-talks-1427...

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Re:Israel police uses NSO’s Pegasus to spy on citizens by Calvin02 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @11:15PM (#29989902)

I think it is probably fair to assume that every country (friend or a foe) spies on others.

Just a few months ago, we were caught red handed spying on the EU and our closest allies [0]. I’m sure their equivalent of NSA lists us as the most aggressive hackers behind China and Russia.

When your economy or your survival (in Israel’s case) is at stake and you have the tools, the temptation is just too strong.

[0] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-security-agency-spie...

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