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Re:Operation Triangulation What You Get When Attack iPhones ... by janice1999 on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @10:59AM (#38855558)
> Israel is obviously complicated

They also have a large and profitable industry selling state of the art tools to authoritarian regimes/dictators to target democracy activists and journalists.

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Re:Operation Triangulation What You Get When Attack iPhones ... by Snow_Falls on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @11:21AM (#38855880)
But would they sell to Russia/China which is in opposition to their biggest sponsor - the USA? The answer is obviously: if they can get away with it. Personally it seems more likely to be US but that's just a gut feeling.
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Re:Operation Triangulation What You Get When Attack iPhones ... by tptacek on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @12:07PM (#38856522)
So does every other industrialized country.
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Re:Operation Triangulation What You Get When Attack iPhones ... by SpaghettiCthulu on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @01:14PM (#38857492)
Source? I've not heard of an NSO Group equivalent in any other country.
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Re:Operation Triangulation What You Get When Attack iPhones ... by tptacek on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @02:04PM (#38858279)
How much attention do you pay to the space? (I'm asking sincerely.)
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Re:Operation Triangulation What You Get When Attack iPhones ... by SpaghettiCthulu on Sunday January 14, 2024 @09:04PM (#38996616)
Perhaps not enough. I've certainly heard of shady companies, but I simply am not aware of a direct analogue to NSO Group. I am curious if you know of one!
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