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Re: Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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As a Jew, the soon as I hear "Israel" and "App" I think of Pegasus. In this genocide, the Israeli government has shown it will cross any line. Remember the pager attack? So I would like there to be zero Israeli controlled products anywhere near me. That plus everyone should be engaged in boycotts divestment and sanctions against the regime.

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Re: Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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It's a pretty well established phenomenon and he cites israeli leaders. no need for ad-hominem attacks. What's your argument for allowing spyware?

he cited a single Israeli private citizen. not Israeli leaders. The fact that a data-harvesting bloatware is installed on common handsets should be controversial enough. Both the title of this post and the link try to add "Israel is baaaad" angle as just because a company was founded in Israel. Israel is a middle-eastern tech hub that produces a lot of tech companies and innovations. Its just a numbers game that some…

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Re: Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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So a Unity owned bloatware company being used by Samsung is now somehow controversial because it was founded in Israel? Am i reading this right?

Uhhhh, not sure about you, but I wouldn't want anything Israeli within 10m of my phone.

Re: Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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post #81

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As a Jew, the soon as I hear "Israel" and "App" I think of Pegasus. In this genocide, the Israeli government has shown it will cross any line. Remember the pager attack? So I would like there to be zero Israeli controlled products anywhere near me. That plus everyone should be engaged in boycotts divestment and sanctions against the regime.

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Re: Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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I bought an Ipad yesterday. The setup was almost the same, except all the bloat was from Apple itself. Numbers, GarageBand, iMovie, Keynote, Pages, Clips… even the Tips app felt like bloatware.

Wild how every ecosystem has its own "preloaded surprise pack."

Re: Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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It wasn't a targeted attack since they had no way of knowing where the pagers would end up in the second-hand market, as they were only activated years later.

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As a Jew, the soon as I hear "Israel" and "App" I think of Pegasus. In this genocide, the Israeli government has shown it will cross any line. Remember the pager attack? So I would like there to be zero Israeli controlled products anywhere near me. That plus everyone should be engaged in boycotts divestment and sanctions against the regime.

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Re: Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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post #81

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As a Jew, the soon as I hear "Israel" and "App" I think of Pegasus. In this genocide, the Israeli government has shown it will cross any line. Remember the pager attack? So I would like there to be zero Israeli controlled products anywhere near me. That plus everyone should be engaged in boycotts divestment and sanctions against the regime.

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Why are you obfuscating the concern? The issue is not that it is an app that is popularly found on devices!

The issue is that it is an app which is forcibly installed without consent or disclosure, which has privileged access to the system and beyond the scope of the device vendor. To have no care for that reeks suspiciously of nationalistic bias.

edit: Please answer: Which country has backdoor control of the phones via this app?

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