| ▲ | andy99 18 hours ago |
| This is from February And the "Israeli founded" serves what purpose? |
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| ▲ | like_any_other 18 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Middle easterners probably want to know. I'm sure you can appreciate how that's relevant to their politics [1]. Would you have preferred the author had decided for his readers what information they should be interested in? [1] Iranian state media warns Israel using cell phone tracking to assassinate leaders in Iran - report - https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-85806... |
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| ▲ | andy99 18 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > Would you have preferred the author had decided for his readers what information they should be interested in? I don't understand the implication here, but yes? Broader point, nationalistic click/flamebait shouldn't be on HN. | |
| ▲ | dismalaf 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | It's literally their own governments who buy the software to spy on them. In the Islamic world, governments privately have relations with Israel and publicly condemn them to keep the populace distracted. Apart from Iran, who of course are straight up hostile to most everyone except Russia. | | |
| ▲ | like_any_other 18 hours ago | parent [-] | | > It's literally their own governments who buy the software to spy on them. I couldn't find any source on who paid Samsung to preinstall this software - Samsung is very tight-lipped about it. I'd be very interested if you have one. |
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| ▲ | computerthings 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [dead] |
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| ▲ | barney54 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
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| ▲ | dismalaf 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > And the "Israeli founded" serves what purpose? Stir up hate. Feed into conspiracy theories. Click bait. Etc... |
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