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Re: Israeli spyware vans infiltrate American streets and your phones

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Post by cyanydeez »

ProllyInfamous wrote: post #30
mikestew wrote: post #3

It’s those $4.5MM Chevy Tahoes discussed earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48969582

I have worked at this agency (in the article), as support staff (electrician), over a decade ago. It was incredibly eye-opening for my then-late-twenties just how much waste ... Reflecting now, it's still mostly unbelievable how much money is spent on database infrastructure. ---- A brother is now a politician in that same stupid state. My good advice for remaining fellow Texians: LEAVE. Nothing forces anybody (let a…

they're there for culture; it's the neo-afghanistan lifestyle they want.

Re: Israeli spyware vans infiltrate American streets and your phones

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Post by ProllyInfamous »

cyanydeez wrote: post #31
ProllyInfamous wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have worked at this agency (in the article), as support staff (electrician), over a decade ago. It was incredibly eye-opening for my then-late-twenties just how much waste ... Reflecting now, it's still mostly unbelievable how much money is spent on database infrastructure. ---- A brother is now a politician in that same stupid state. My good advice for remaining fellow Texians: LEAVE. Nothing forces anybody (let a…

they're there for culture; it's the neo-afghanistan lifestyle they want.

>neo-afghanistan lifestyle

I guess that explains all the jacked-up parking lot queens.

#PickupTruckCulture #Scratchless

For security reasons I won't tell you which stupid one Brother drives, but it's literally the most ridiculous (and unreliable OEM), of course! It's a foot taller than He =P

#Dieselbruh #Morons4Life #ShoulderChips

Re: Israeli spyware vans infiltrate American streets and your phones

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Post by johnea »

kennywinker wrote: post #29
danans wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Paraphrasing Garry Kasparov from 2016: "The US is about to find out that it's democracy has been running on the honor system"

All democracies run on the honor system. Which is fine, as long as you’re aware of it and don’t let people who don’t respect that honor system get into positions of power

> All democracies run on the honor system

That's total bullshit.

Democracy runs on the equal application of the rule of law.

Of course, no democracy is perfect. The degree of imperfection can be measured in how much they run on the honor system...

Re: Israeli spyware vans infiltrate American streets and your phones

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Post by [deleted] »

Georgelemental wrote: post #28

You can partially protect yourself from these attacks by disabling 2G on your device. This won't prevent location tracking, but will stop the attacker from intercepting calls or texts. - Android: https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/cellular-s... - iOS: you must turn on Lockdown Mode https://support.apple.com/en-us/105120

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Re: Israeli spyware vans infiltrate American streets and your phones

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Post by qwerpy »

ProllyInfamous wrote: post #32
cyanydeez wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

they're there for culture; it's the neo-afghanistan lifestyle they want.

>neo-afghanistan lifestyle I guess that explains all the jacked-up parking lot queens. #PickupTruckCulture #Scratchless For security reasons I won't tell you which stupid one Brother drives , but it's literally the most ridiculous (and unreliable OEM), of course! It's a foot taller than He =P #Dieselbruh #Morons4Life #ShoulderChips

It kinda sounds like you’re the one with the chip on the shoulder.

Re: Israeli spyware vans infiltrate American streets and your phones

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Post by kennywinker »

johnea wrote: post #33
kennywinker wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All democracies run on the honor system. Which is fine, as long as you’re aware of it and don’t let people who don’t respect that honor system get into positions of power

> All democracies run on the honor system That's total bullshit. Democracy runs on the equal application of the rule of law. Of course, no democracy is perfect. The degree of imperfection can be measured in how much they run on the honor system...

> Democracy runs on the equal application of the rule of law.

And how exactly do we maintain equal application of the rule of law? We put honorable people in the position of applying the law. The honor system.

Re: Israeli spyware vans infiltrate American streets and your phones

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Post by eth0up »

ProllyInfamous wrote: post #32
cyanydeez wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

they're there for culture; it's the neo-afghanistan lifestyle they want.

>neo-afghanistan lifestyle I guess that explains all the jacked-up parking lot queens. #PickupTruckCulture #Scratchless For security reasons I won't tell you which stupid one Brother drives , but it's literally the most ridiculous (and unreliable OEM), of course! It's a foot taller than He =P #Dieselbruh #Morons4Life #ShoulderChips

I am not sure if you are alluding to a personal peeve of mine, but maybe?

Where to begin.. The big, ignorant, macho, highly confident guys with their mock pick'emUp trucks, glossy touch screens, leased batteries & proprietary BMS, Chinese parts, plastic gears, remotely hackable firmware and paper tiger frames 30% larger than reasonably necessary -- masquerading as Country Goodness and real trucks...?

Remember the old Jimmy Dean, "Country Goodness" ad? I think AI could take Sam Eliot's voice and make millions with that approach. "It's not the reliability that matters, not the dependency on opaque firmware and fact that you don't own it, not the harsh reality that you're driving a fake truck -- it's the symbol that matters, the statement, and you know this truck symbolizes what Americuh really means."

- Fnord; forging the future, one line of outsourced code at a time. It's what's fer dinner.

Re: Israeli spyware vans infiltrate American streets and your phones

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Post by rwz »

Georgelemental wrote: post #22
paytonjjones wrote: post #13

Title is misleading. The vans are manufactured by an Israeli company and bought by US government entities, not vans affiliated with the nation state of Israel.

You think Israeli companies (or those of any other country, for that matter) can sell spy tech abroad without their government's signoff?

That's not the point. The point is that the title makes it seem like the Israeli's government is spying on you, while what the article really says is that US is buying Israel's tech to spy on its own citizens.

The title misrepresents the article claims.

Re: Israeli spyware vans infiltrate American streets and your phones

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Post by jst1fthsdys »

rwz wrote: post #38
Georgelemental wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You think Israeli companies (or those of any other country, for that matter) can sell spy tech abroad without their government's signoff?

That's not the point. The point is that the title makes it seem like the Israeli's government is spying on you, while what the article really says is that US is buying Israel's tech to spy on its own citizens. The title misrepresents the article claims.

So, the US government is buying Israeli spyware to spy on US citizens for when they speak out about Israeli control of the US government.
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