MIT Technology Review indiscriminately demonizes Israeli company! Is this just another case of journalistic alarmism and sensationalism? Probably, yes! Or is it just another nod to the BSD (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel) movement? Possible! What about thinly veiled antisemitism expressed by MIT Technology Review? Don't dismiss it!
As far as Western democracies are concerned there are checks and controls in place. Second, I don't believe the company is so crazy to sell this software to anyone. Third, I also believe the Israeli government is not sitting idly by!
"Spyware for sale: Pegasus is the blockbuster product of NSO Group, a secretive billion-dollar Israeli surveillance company. It is sold to law enforcement and intelligence agencies around the world, which use the company’s tools to choose a human target, infect the person’s phone with the spyware, and then take over the device. Once Pegasus is on your phone, it is no longer your phone. ... But there is a long list of incidents in which Pegasus has been used as a tool of oppression. It has been linked to cases including the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the targeting of scientists and campaigners pushing for political reform in Mexico, and Spanish government surveillance of Catalan separatist politicians. NSO insists that the vast majority of its customers are European democracies, although since it doesn’t release client lists and the countries themselves remain silent, that has never been verified. ..."
Inside NSO, Israel’s billion-dollar spyware giant (MIT Technology Review. The Download 8/19/2020)
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