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My gut response to this is "bullshit" Not based on the Saudi's not buying zero-day-exploits, but on them using them from the crown prince's account directly ag
by goldcd 7y ago
My gut response to this is "bullshit"
Not based on the Saudi's not buying zero-day-exploits, but on them using them from the crown prince's account directly against Jeff.
- ceejayoz 7y agoBezos is presumably savvy enough not to open a WhatsApp message from some random person, and given the Khashoggi situation (employed by the WaPo, which Bezos owns) it's not surprising he'd be on the Saudi's target list to compromise.
- zelon88 7y agoI can see it. The Saudi's control over their own media means that their population will likely never find out, and the ones that do will support the government anyway. Outside of that the rest of the world is in the perfect place to accept whatever lies the Saudi's shrug this off with. Authoritarianism is on a rise and truth is in decline. Trust in media is probably the worst its ever been. Your post proves it. There would be no impact on their foreign policy efforts even if it were true.
- Zooper 7y agoWhy? Bezos isn't going to open any other videos from someone else. The US executive branch won't do a thing, in case the Saudis decide to stop buying US treasury bonds in exchange for oil. Then they might stop buying weapons, which funds the inflated military industry, and then they might buy weapons from someone else and begin keeping larger reserves of their currency. This exchange is worth more to those in power than Bezos' love life.
- OrgNet 7y agoThe Russians used a Saudi account....