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It’s called selection bias. It’s fun and always acceptable to hate on Israel. It’s also more memorable due to the sensationalization of it. A few years ago blu
by ipv6ipv4 6y ago
It’s called selection bias. It’s fun and always acceptable to hate on Israel. It’s also more memorable due to the sensationalization of it.
A few years ago bluecoat systems was caught providing deep packet inspection gear to the Syrian government. But that wasn’t Israel so no biggie and you either never heard about it or didn’t pay much attention because it wasn’t Israel.
American and European companies do this all the time but it’s not sensationalized to the same degree. That’s just business as usual.
- z3ncyberpunk 6y agoyes, because the NSA never gets criticized for ethics violations...
- fortran77 6y agoNSO is owned by a UK-based private equity group. It's not even an "Israeli" company.
- mola 6y agoOh, that's such formal crap. The Founders are Israeli, RND is Israeli, most employees are Israelis in israel. It's an Israeli company. As an Israeli with very similar background to the people who work there I'm ashamed of our industry involvement in this disgusting business.
- stevenjohns 6y agoI don't believe that happened the way you describe it. Blue Coat was illegally on-sold to Syria from a UAE-based distributor and that company received a 200% fine of the sale price.
- bjourne 6y agoYou may have a point, but I think DPI and malware targeting journalists is not quite in the same ballpark.
- turing_complete 6y agoYou think it is "fun" to hate on Israel?
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- captain_price7 6y ago>It’s fun and always acceptable to hate on Israel Don't people routinely get called anti-semite for just criticizing the Israeli government? Except for some small circles, I don't think your statement is true, it's certainly not true for mainstream US politics.
- Dirlewanger 6y agoYou know what's even more acceptable? Dismissing any criticism of Israel as "anti-semitism", absolving them of any wrongdoing whatsoever. This happens every time like clockwork when talking about the Israeli defense industry and the horrible things they do.