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Polish opposition duo hacked with NSO spyware

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Re: Polish opposition duo hacked with NSO spyware

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We have a meme - "when there is a pandemic and you don't know whether to close schools or cementaries, so you close Giertych".

It is almost a tradition at this moment - cases are rising? Quick, arrest him!

Okay, on a serious note - this won't change anything. Poland is very polarised right now politically. PiS voters won't care as long as the state gives them money, and the rest already won't vote for them no matter what.

Re: Polish opposition duo hacked with NSO spyware

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In a similar vein, it seems what soured NSOs relationship with the US was this thing here https://www.ft.com/content/319e691a-9db1-46e6-b7ea-c89971575... (The secret Uganda deal that has brought NSO to the brink of collapse)

This case is different in that the NSO sold the tech to a government of a (supposedly) democratic country, EU & NATO member.

Re: Polish opposition duo hacked with NSO spyware

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post #5

In a similar vein, it seems what soured NSOs relationship with the US was this thing here https://www.ft.com/content/319e691a-9db1-46e6-b7ea-c89971575... (The secret Uganda deal that has brought NSO to the brink of collapse)

This case is different in that the NSO sold the tech to a government of a (supposedly) democratic country, EU & NATO member.

Yes, I agree it's a different situation. Only goes to show how those things are misused.

Re: Polish opposition duo hacked with NSO spyware

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We have a meme - "when there is a pandemic and you don't know whether to close schools or cementaries, so you close Giertych". It is almost a tradition at this moment - cases are rising? Quick, arrest him! Okay, on a serious note - this won't change anything. Poland is very polarised right now politically. PiS voters won't care as long as the state gives them money, and the rest already won't vote for them no matter…

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Re: Polish opposition duo hacked with NSO spyware

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post #5

In a similar vein, it seems what soured NSOs relationship with the US was this thing here https://www.ft.com/content/319e691a-9db1-46e6-b7ea-c89971575... (The secret Uganda deal that has brought NSO to the brink of collapse)

This case is different in that the NSO sold the tech to a government of a (supposedly) democratic country, EU & NATO member.

Do they sell the tech or the service? A business modelo where NSO decides for themselves whether a victim merits hacking seems more defensible than one where they imagine they can tell that a government will never do wrong if it owns the tool.

Re: Polish opposition duo hacked with NSO spyware

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We have a meme - "when there is a pandemic and you don't know whether to close schools or cementaries, so you close Giertych". It is almost a tradition at this moment - cases are rising? Quick, arrest him! Okay, on a serious note - this won't change anything. Poland is very polarised right now politically. PiS voters won't care as long as the state gives them money, and the rest already won't vote for them no matter…

As a Pole, it frustrates me to no end as the 90s and 2000s were the time of incredible optimism and opportunity, then the country joined the EU in 2004 you could see *everything" improving very very quickly, huge level of growth and opportunities for everyone, country slowly becoming more and more progressive too, and then PiS got elected and everything went to shit, 6 years down and I don't recognize this country or its values anymore.
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