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I have no downside to seeking alternatives. The pager incident ensured that I will always look for non-Israeli tech.
by bbqfog 2y ago
I have no downside to seeking alternatives. The pager incident ensured that I will always look for non-Israeli tech.
- PoppinFreshDo 2y agoWhat pager incident?
- mhitza 2y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_electronic_device_attacks https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_electronic_devi...
- PoppinFreshDo 2y agoWell, if the mossad put "made in israel" on those devices I doubt they would have worked.
- defrost 2y agoThe recent one in which Israeli techs compromised pager supply chains. It was very widely reported across the globe.
- kstrauser 2y agoAnd what does that have to do with Snyk, other than that some of their employees use to work for IDF? I'm a US Navy veteran. Would you also stay away from my employers because they have veterans on staff? Seriously, I get what you're trying to say, but I don't understand the broader point you're trying to make. So Snyk has some ex-IDF employees. Find a high-profile infosec firm that doesn't. They military service they were compelled to has a reputation at being really, really good at infosec. I see no reason why companies shouldn't want to hire them afterward.
- defrost 2y agoWithout wanting to take a position here, the GP comment had a specific narrow point. The claim was that Snyk was founded by Unit 8200 members. Not that it had a few Israeli veterens, almost all Israeli's serve in the IDF after all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_8200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_8200 To be fair I have a former Unit 8200 member in my larger extended family who left and has since been vocal in opposition to Netanyahu so membership in an elite Cyber Unit alone doesn't define a person. That aside, most Governments would keep an eye on a company started by, say, former NSA employees and watch for covert activity under any overt actions.
- dekelpilli 2y agoIt would correlate strongly that 8200 alumni end up being educated and working in tech, and likely living in Tel Aviv. This is a group of people who, by and large, are not big fans of the current government.
- dekelpilli 2y agoBased on the pager incident, I'd think you should avoid companies that don't have a publicly-known link to Israel. It's not like Hezbollah thought they were buying pagers from 8200 alumni.