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NSO seems to essentially be a front for Israel's Mossad intelligence agency. They get to wash their hands of whatever NSO does by saying "hey that wasn't a nati
by KoftaBob 5y ago
NSO seems to essentially be a front for Israel's Mossad intelligence agency. They get to wash their hands of whatever NSO does by saying "hey that wasn't a nation state spying, they're a private company and we'll punish them for you don't worry."
For a more public facing version of this from the CIA, look at their unofficial Venture Capital wing: https://www.iqt.org/about-iqt/ https://www.iqt.org/about-iqt/
- 0xedd 5y agoIt's usually ex intelligence that work in such companies. That being said, that's not how the tools work. Data exfiltration wasn't tracked to the vendor. You must remember the US' interest in spying and conquest is a rather unique trait. Most countries don't go looking for trouble worldwide.