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Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by trimethylpurine »

tdeck wrote: post #44
Matl wrote: post #31

Last time I suggested on a similar story that there's a disproportionate number of firms in Israel with an explicit focus on subversion, manipulation, spying and malware, seemingly because a large portion of the Israeli population gain a certain expertise in these fields as part of serving in the IDF and working to suppress Palestinians, I got accused of bias because apparently there's many more Israeli startups work…

Regardless of what good things other Israeli companies might be doing, it's clear that the Israeli government doesn't have a problem with these malware / spyware companies.

Which government are you comparing to?

Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by 4gotunameagain »

Matl wrote: post #54
inglor wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Israeli here - I'll try to write this the least political as I can since I on one hand disagree strongly with the government and on the other my experience has been getting antisemstic (yes, not anti-zionist) comments whenever this gets discussed a lot (and likely downvotes but who cares I've been here 10 years and have more fake points than is important anyway). Israel has several "cores" of technology. The military…

> my experience has been getting antisemstic (yes, not anti-zionist) comments whenever this gets discussed a lot I appreciate your experience. I have no doubt there's indeed been an increase in such comments. I think it's important to note that the Israeli government does work very hard to conflate Zionism with Judaism, (which itself seems antisemitic to me), making it harder for some to separate the two. > There are…

> I think it's important to note that the Israeli government does work very hard to conflate Zionism with Judaism, (which itself seems antisemitic to me), making it harder for some to separate the two.

Yes, they are trying their hardest with their actions to fuel a new way of antisemitism.

Turns out if you are a religious fundamental colony that occupies territory based on the bible, that gives bad rap to the whole religion.

Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by Mikhail_Edoshin »

znpy wrote: post #53
Matl wrote: post #31

Last time I suggested on a similar story that there's a disproportionate number of firms in Israel with an explicit focus on subversion, manipulation, spying and malware, seemingly because a large portion of the Israeli population gain a certain expertise in these fields as part of serving in the IDF and working to suppress Palestinians, I got accused of bias because apparently there's many more Israeli startups work…

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Russians do not do that. It is contrary to our culture.

There was a lord (knyaz) in old times who even warned enemies that he is going to attack them. Of course it is not as advantageous as a covert approach. But it is very Russian.

When you hear otherwise it is those other entities targeting you, that's all.

Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by comrade1234 »

watwut wrote: post #51
ai_fry_ur_brain wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Nazis did a ton of cutting edge research too.

Did they? Like, which exactly?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_human_experimentation

Hypothermia research, sleep deprivation research, etc. really cruel stuff.

Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by jongjong »

It's disturbing to think that there are people getting paid huge amounts of money by governments, using taxpayer money to f around with politics of other countries... Meanwhile I've been trying to raise a $100K seed round for my startup which I've been working on for 14 years during nights and weekends... and I never even made it the interview phase of a tech incubator. WTF is wrong with people?

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Post by hackyhacky »

free652 wrote: post #41
WhatsName wrote: post #35

I predict that this will be flagged very soon. I would love for HN to publish some data on likes/flags, even anonymous IDs with some infos like account age and number of posts. Sure someome will argue things here get flagged cause they are political, but I don't buy that.

>Sure someome will argue things here get flagged cause they are political, but I don't buy that. Are you saying that this isn't political? It's literally about politics. The comments section will be predictable and it will be flagged for that. Do you disagree?

> Are you saying that this isn't political? It's literally about politics.

Sure it's about politics, but it's also about tech. The intersection of politics and tech is a fascinating area, of great interest to many folks on HN, and probably within HN's charter.

I think that merely touching on politics should not be grounds for flagging a submission, even when the specifics are highly controversial (as in this case).

Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by pipes »

bluealienpie wrote: post #49
ai_fry_ur_brain wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Nazis did a ton of cutting edge research too.

They also committed genocide as well. Surprising that even after Israeli human rights organizations acknowledge it, it still remains stuck in the mind of capitalists to support profit at any cost.

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Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by trimethylpurine »

nick_ wrote: post #56
znpy wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Are North Korea and Russia "allies" of the US?

Is the UK a US ally? Is Japan?

If you only focus on one country for some strange reason that you can't explain, people are going to notice. That shouldn't surprise you.

Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by redsocksfan45 »

tdeck wrote: post #44
Matl wrote: post #31

Last time I suggested on a similar story that there's a disproportionate number of firms in Israel with an explicit focus on subversion, manipulation, spying and malware, seemingly because a large portion of the Israeli population gain a certain expertise in these fields as part of serving in the IDF and working to suppress Palestinians, I got accused of bias because apparently there's many more Israeli startups work…

Regardless of what good things other Israeli companies might be doing, it's clear that the Israeli government doesn't have a problem with these malware / spyware companies.

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