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I'm confused what this really means. Countries don't store their really secret things in Azure. So what do we think the source of this surveillance was?
by everdrive 1y ago
I'm confused what this really means. Countries don't store their really secret things in Azure. So what do we think the source of this surveillance was?
- bhouston 1y ago> I'm confused what this really means. Countries don't store their really secret things in Azure. So what do we think the source of this surveillance was? Why wouldn't countries store secret data in Azure, Google Cloud and AWS services? I think that this is quite common.
- everdrive 1y agoI think you're misunderstanding my question. I'm not saying "this story is bogus," but rather I'm saying that this sort of data is probably not the kind of data which is acquired through really secret means. Perhaps it was purchased from providers, or some other less-secret method.
- bhouston 1y agoIsrael actually had a bunch of rules where Palestinians are not allowed to have 5G or 4G networks to ensure that they can be monitored. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/30/israeli-restrictions-leave-palestinians-facing-digital-divide https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/30/israeli-restri... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_in_Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_in_Palestine And yes it is recording pretty much all calls in Palestine: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-israeli-military-palestinian-phone-calls-cloud https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-isra...
- everdrive 1y agoI really had no idea, thanks for the links.
- derektank 1y agoYes, they do https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-government-top-secret-now-generally-available-for-us-national-security-missions/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-government-top-...
- everdrive 1y agoI'm clearly not informed and equally surprised. Thanks for letting me know.