Israeli firm linked to WhatsApp spyware attack faces lawsuit

cvnyw wrote: post #3

_bxg1 wrote: post #2

Amnesty International donation page: https://www.amnesty.org/en/donate/

What's the track record of Amnesty International against Israel?

It's an Israeli company not Israel the state that's facing the lawsuit

Re: Israeli firm linked to WhatsApp spyware attack faces lawsuit

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Post by dbuder » Sat, May 18, 2019, 2:09 PM UTC

cvnyw wrote: post #3

_bxg1 wrote: post #2

Amnesty International donation page: https://www.amnesty.org/en/donate/

What's the track record of Amnesty International against Israel?

Constantly securing the release of Palestinian terrorists.

Re: Israeli firm linked to WhatsApp spyware attack faces lawsuit

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Post by i_am_proteus » Sat, May 18, 2019, 2:15 PM UTC

Suing the company which developed a tool rather than the organization which used the tool seems strange.

Re: Israeli firm linked to WhatsApp spyware attack faces lawsuit

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Post by sgregnt » Sat, May 18, 2019, 2:32 PM UTC

_bxg1 wrote: post #2

Amnesty International donation page: https://www.amnesty.org/en/donate/

I can't explain why this comment is not downvote, other than Antisemitism. USA is responsible for far more death and destruction of the whole countries like Lybia and Iraq yet, whenever Israel comes up people are so hostile.

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Post by seieste » Sat, May 18, 2019, 2:47 PM UTC

i_am_proteus wrote: post #6

Suing the company which developed a tool rather than the organization which used the tool seems strange.

I think there are three reasons it makes sense:

1. The company enabled several different organizations to spy on dissidents (it’s easier to sue one than many)

2. The company advertises its services to be used as such, and

3. It’s easier to sue a company than a country, and much easier to sue a company in Israel than to sue the UAE in a UAE court

Re: Israeli firm linked to WhatsApp spyware attack faces lawsuit

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Post by GavinMcG » Sat, May 18, 2019, 2:48 PM UTC

i_am_proteus wrote: post #6

Suing the company which developed a tool rather than the organization which used the tool seems strange.

I think it seems strange where we imagine that tools are neutral. But they aren't, necessarily, and especially if the organization/developers knew they were building something to be used unlawfully, it's reasonable to hold them accountable.

Taxi rides are generally neutral, too, but if someone hops into your taxi, asks you to drive to the bank and wait, and tells you outright that they're going to rob the place, that makes you a getaway driver with a taxi, not a taxi driver who happens to have a guilty client.

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Post by London94089 » Sat, May 18, 2019, 2:54 PM UTC

Moderators, this is a LONDON/UK company:

> Three months ago, a majority stake in NSO was acquired by the London based firm Novalpina Capital, founded by the banker and philanthropist Stephen Peel. It appears eager to rehabilitate the controversial software company’s reputation and maintain its value.

Please change the misleading title which will bring hateful people with an agenda out of the woodwork.