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This case is different in that the NSO sold the tech to a government of a (supposedly) democratic country, EU & NATO member.
by praptak 5y ago
This case is different in that the NSO sold the tech to a government of a (supposedly) democratic country, EU & NATO member.
- raverbashing 5y agoYes, I agree it's a different situation. Only goes to show how those things are misused.
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoDo they sell the tech or the service? A business modelo where NSO decides for themselves whether a victim merits hacking seems more defensible than one where they imagine they can tell that a government will never do wrong if it owns the tool.
- praptak 5y agoThey sell the service, as evidenced by the fact that Poland got banned from using it, which would not be possible if they sold the "tech" as a reusable pack of 0-days: https://wyborcza.pl/7,173236,27895266,israel-bans-polish-intelligence-agencies-from-using-its-spyware.html https://wyborcza.pl/7,173236,27895266,israel-bans-polish-int...
- krisoft 5y agoCarefull with that conclusion. The article linked by you says “Israeli surveillance companies have been refusing to service and support spyware used by Polish intelligence agencies” That sounds more like the NSO is not sending them updates anymore, rather than that they got “banned”.
- solarkraft 5y agoThis would however destroy the "we only sell the weapons and can't decide how they're used" defense, as well as having to be thoroughly informed about each target.