Lately, the Israeli malware firm, NSO Group, named one of the 20 worst digital predators in the world, has garnered the most scandalous headlines. Exposes published by 16 difference global media outlets noted it was spying on 50,000 cell phone numbers for police states and intelligence agencies in 50 client countries. But another Israeli company, […]
Israeli to Build Major Listening Post in Guise of “Smart City” on Azeri-Iran Border
הדיקטטור של אזרבייג’ן, אילהם אלייב, מאיים לפגוע בקשרים הביטחוניים עם ישראל אם לא יבוטלו האישומים בפרשת אירונאוטיקס. צא”פ מונע מהתקשורת הישראלית לדווח על הפרשה. האם ישראל בונה בסיס ריגול בגבול איראן בחסות ‘עיר חכמה?’ Israeli agriculture technology and expertise will be incorporated in the first Smart City in Zangilan, #Azerbaijan. Amb @GeorgeDeek visited the site […]
NSO Group’s State-Sponsored Cyber-Warfare
There are a number of economic systems in the world today. There are market economies in capitalist countries and the state-owned means of production in socialist countries. In each of these systems, the state intervenes to a greater or lesser extent. Israel is nominally a capitalist economy (with a socialist past). But I prefer to […]
Microsoft Divests Ownership Stake in Israeli Facial Recognition Software Firm, Anyvision, After Human Rights Controversy
Yesterday, Microsoft’s venture capital division, M12, announced that it was divesting its $31-million ownership stake in the Israeli facial recognition software company, Anyvision. Israeli media had reported that Anyvision had a contract with Israeli Occupation authorities to maintain a database of West Bank Palestinians. Human rights groups have found that publicly traded companies like Microsoft […]
