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Re:Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to si... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday October 30, 2025 @01:48PM (#45762870)
> If either Google or Amazon provides information to authorities in the US, where the dialing code is +1, and they are prevented from disclosing their cooperation, they must send the Israeli government 1,000 shekels

This is criminal conspiracy. It's fucking insane that they not only did this, but put the crime in writing.;

Re:Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to si... by tgsovlerkhgsel on Thursday October 30, 2025 @07:38PM (#45766740)
I'm always surprised how often crimes get put in writing in big companies, often despite the same companies having various "don't put crimes in writing" trainings.
Re:Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to si... by NewJazz on Friday October 31, 2025 @12:08AM (#45768329)
To be fair it is not necessarily true that they did this. Devil's advocate (emphasis on the devil part) -- google and amazon may have agreed to do this / put it in the contract but never followed through.
Re:Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to si... by Cheer2171 on Friday October 31, 2025 @01:40AM (#45768755)
It is criminal conspiracy, a federal felony in the US, if you contract to commit a crime. Conspiracy is a standalone crime on its own, independent if the contracted crime is never carried out (in breach of contract).

The mob tried your argument generations ago. It never worked.

Re:Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to si... by voganmother42 on Friday October 31, 2025 @07:28AM (#45770838)
The US Gov effectively is the mob now, laws don’t matter anymore
Re:Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to si... by DaSHacka on Saturday November 01, 2025 @03:22AM (#45779825)
Source?
Re:Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to si... by voganmother42 on Sunday November 02, 2025 @10:33AM (#45791038)
My source was on a boat that was destroyed by a military strike
Re:Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to si... by cess11 on Friday October 31, 2025 @07:47AM (#45770970)
They publicly agreed to do genocide, having a slightly criminal communications protocol in a contract on the side amounts to an ethical rounding error.