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A comment on US-backed Israeli company's spyware used to target European journalists. Parent comment

Re:US-backed Israeli company's spyware used to target Europe... by v5v3 on Thursday June 12, 2025 @01:39PM (#44260454)
"I honestly don't know how people work on things like Pegasus knowing it's being used to target and kill journalists and politicians."

You can make many people do pretty much anything under orders, and even more by rewarding them.

"I was just putting food on the table for my family..."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

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Re:US-backed Israeli company's spyware used to target Europe... by eviks on Friday June 13, 2025 @04:55AM (#44266889)
FYI Milgram is one of the many popular examples of fake science, wiki link has some critical review links
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Re:US-backed Israeli company's spyware used to target Europe... by larrled on Friday June 13, 2025 @08:40AM (#44267981)
I feel like dunking on personality psychology was Milgram’s big mistake. Live by the sword…
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