Live data from Hacker News

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians

theguardian.com

41–50 of 894 posts

Re: Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians

#41
post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no evidence whatsoever that was false flag attack. I didn't expect such blatant conspiracy theories on HN.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up... https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-07/ty-article-ma...

These two link are not "government from staging a provocation".

Re: Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians

#42
post #27

Wow, they actually are pulling back. That is really surprising. Wonder if they see the winds changing on this issue and want to get on the right side of history. Big props to everyone at Microsoft who spoke out about this and risked or lost their jobs because of it. They kept that fire lit on their ass.

Sentiment toward Israel outside of USA has changed. The leaders of the developed nations of Europe have gone against Trump and publicly stated their recognition of Palestine.

It has changed quite a bit here in the US too, even among the Jewish population. Our synagogue is very divided on this, mainly between the young and the old.

Re: Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians

#43
post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Last week a UN human rights commission found that Israel is carrying out a genocide. I think you're right that the winds have changed and now companies will shift their positions.

[flagged]

The word genocide has a legal definition, it’s not up for discussion or debate. What is happening in Gaza is a genocide according to genocide scholars.

Re: Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians

#46
post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no evidence whatsoever that was false flag attack. I didn't expect such blatant conspiracy theories on HN.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up... https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-07/ty-article-ma...

Yes, Netanyahu thought that pulling out of Gaza completely, giving them money and allowing them to hold jobs in Israel would improve their economic standing enough to make them docile enough to not attack. He was obviously wrong.

And preferring them to the PLO in the wake of the second intifada was reasonable. All Palestinian groups claim to want to kill all Jews, but at that point in time the PLO had actually done it for decades. For the record, the PLO still has the pay-to-slay program...

Re: Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians

#48

“I want to note our appreciation for the reporting of the Guardian,” [Microsoft’s vice-chair and president, Brad Smith] wrote, noting that it had brought to light “information we could not access in light of our customer privacy commitments”. He added: “Our review is ongoing.” Its interesting that they seem to be saying they dont know the full details of how their customers are using Azure, due to privacy commitments…

The whole point of confidential computing is that the cloud provider can't access your data and can't tell what you're doing with it. This is a must have requirement in many government contracts and other highly legislated fields.

Re: Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians

#49

“I want to note our appreciation for the reporting of the Guardian,” [Microsoft’s vice-chair and president, Brad Smith] wrote, noting that it had brought to light “information we could not access in light of our customer privacy commitments”. He added: “Our review is ongoing.” Its interesting that they seem to be saying they dont know the full details of how their customers are using Azure, due to privacy commitments…

That comment is... weird, considering they disabled the accounts of certain International Court of Justice that were individually targeted.

Re: Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians

#50
post #35
post #24

There was an interesting point in the earlier article on this, where Microsoft tried to push their Israeli employees under a bus. They claimed their Israeli employees had lied to them about the use of Azure for war and civilian harm because they held more allegiance to their army than to Microsoft. Now obviously, this was a lie, but the implication is staggering: Microsoft can't trust it's own employees in Israel, an…

[flagged]

[flagged]
Post reply on HN