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> How come when we hear about this stuff it is always Israeli companies involved? Is ethics not taught in Israeli Computer Science curricula? Personal opinion,

> How come when we hear about this stuff it is always Israeli companies involved? Is ethics not taught in Israeli Computer Science curricula? Personal opinion, but I think the mandatory army service in Israel seems to teach that everything is 'defense' and Israel is always 'defending itself', no matter what, this sort of thinking then bleeds into the private sector as these guys leave the military and use the skills they learned there to establish businesses. Having interacted with the Palestinians during their army service as 'the enemy', the victims of NSO undoubtedly fall into the same category, thus not worth loosing their sleep over.

tweetle_beetle 6y ago
There is the idea that being the stronger side in a constant state of conflict with a neighbour for decades suits Israel economically, despite the human cost on both sides. Combined with national service, it creates a highly credible testing ground for public and private development of defence products, technologies and services, which are extremely valuable exports. A country of its size and only relative recent independence, is punching well above its weight being the 8th largest arms exporter in the world over the last decade.[1] [1] http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/toplist.php http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/toplist.php
- notsureaboutpg 6y ago
  >There is the idea that being the stronger side in a constant state of conflict with a neighbour for decades suits Israel economically, despite the human cost on both sides. In a way this also applies to America, with their 20-year-long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.